diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
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--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ Emacs with Leim.
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 ** Support for BSD/OS 5.0 was added.
 
+---
+** Support for GNU/Linux systems on S390 machines was added.
+
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 ** Support for MacOS X was added.
 See the files mac/README and mac/INSTALL for build instructions.