diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ed5efced52c..d8510814913 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@ bindings:
 - 'C-x v O L' is bound to 'vc-log-outgoing'
 - 'C-x v O D' is bound to 'vc-root-diff-outgoing'.
 
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 *** New display of outgoing revisions count in VC-Dir.
 If there are outgoing revisions, VC-Dir now includes a count of how many
 in its headers, to remind you to push them.