diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 0b0e5e571aa..11537363ef4 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ longer have any effect.  (They were declared obsolete in Emacs 23.)
 ** New command line option `--no-site-lisp' removes site-lisp directories
 from load-path.  -Q now implies this.
 
----
-** On Windows, Emacs now warns when the obsolete _emacs init file is used,
-and also when HOME is set to C:\ by default.
-
 
 * Changes in Emacs 24.1
 
@@ -1378,6 +1374,10 @@ Use `filter-buffer-substring-functions' instead.
 
 * Changes in Emacs 24.1 on non-free operating systems
 
+---
+** On MS Windows, Emacs now warns when the obsolete _emacs init file is used,
+and also when HOME is set to C:\ by default.
+
 ** New configure.bat option --enable-checking builds Emacs with extra
 runtime checks.