diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c03b8027ce4..c65cafa3eb1 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2453,6 +2453,13 @@ This is only visually interesting if the content of those feeds are also
 hidden (see 'newsticker-hide-old-items-in-newsticker-buffer' and
 'newsticker-show-descriptions-of-new-items')."
 
+---
+*** New commands to hide and show headers of old newsticker feeds.
+The new commands 'newsticker-hide-old-feed-header' and
+'newsticker-show-old-feed-header', bound to 'h h' and 's h' keys,
+respectively, hide and show the headers of feeds whose items are all old
+or obsolete.
+
 
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 31.1
 
diff --git a/lisp/net/newst-plainview.el b/lisp/net/newst-plainview.el
index 104ce230db1..b211db8e5c8 100644
--- a/lisp/net/newst-plainview.el
+++ b/lisp/net/newst-plainview.el
@@ -207,13 +207,15 @@ unfolded.  Otherwise old as well as new items will be folded."
 
 (defcustom newsticker-hide-old-feed-header
   nil
-  "Whether to automatically hide the header of feeds whose items are all
-old or obsolete in the *newsticker* buffer.  This is only visually
-interesting if the content of those feeds are also hidden (see
+  "Whether to automatically hide the header of old feeds.
+This hides the headers of feeds whose items are all old or obsolete
+in the *newsticker* buffer.  This is only visually interesting if
+the content of those feeds are also hidden (see
 `newsticker-hide-old-items-in-newsticker-buffer' and
 `newsticker-show-descriptions-of-new-items')."
   :type 'boolean
   :set #'newsticker--set-customvar-buffer
+  :version "31.1"
   :group 'newsticker-plainview)
 
 (defcustom newsticker-show-all-news-elements