diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index c75af6a0eb3..20779152050 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2011-04-28  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
 	* NEWS: Document `delayed-warnings-list' and `delayed-warnings-hook'.
+	Document new "default HOME" warning.
 
 2011-04-26  Daniel Colascione  <dan.colascione@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 32735aaa719..54917302cfd 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ longer have any effect.  (They were declared obsolete in Emacs 23.)
 ** New command line option `--no-site-lisp' removes site-lisp directories
 from load-path.  -Q now implies this.
 
-** On Windows, Emacs now warns when the obsolete _emacs init file is used.
+** On Windows, Emacs now warns when the obsolete _emacs init file is used,
+and also when HOME is set to C:\ by default.
 
 
 * Changes in Emacs 24.1