diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 35313740c89..ada9082e906 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ lacks unexec, asynchronous processes, and networking support.
 
 * Changes in Emacs 21.1
 
+** The default for user-option `next-line-add-newlines' has been
+changed to nil, i.e. C-n will no longer add newlines at the end of a
+buffer by default.
+
 ** The new command M-x delete-trailing-whitespace RET will delete the
 trailing whitespace within the current restriction.  You can also add
 this function to `write-file-hooks' or `local-write-file-hooks'.