diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b140d1dcbfd..0106953c1e0 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1161,12 +1161,6 @@ and 'C-x w 3', respectively.  A number of other useful window-related
 commands are now available with key sequences that start with the
 'C-x w' prefix.
 
-+++
-*** New user option 'display-buffer-avoid-small-windows'.
-If non-nil, this should be a window height in lines, a number.
-Windows smaller than this will be avoided by 'display-buffer', if
-possible.
-
 +++
 *** New display action 'display-buffer-full-frame'.
 This action removes other windows from the frame when displaying a