diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 2e31d8bc563..080f52a920e 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1241,6 +1241,7 @@ mlm-* functions and variables (formerly used for Malayalam script).
 **** `tamil' and `tml-util, and all associated tamil-* and tml-*
 functions and variables (formerly used for Tamil script).
 
+---
 ** The variable temp-file-name-pattern has been removed.
 This variable was only used by call-process-region, which now uses
 temporary-file-directory instead.