diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 660af784b50..f3bb1a6f211 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -550,6 +550,11 @@ dependencies).  This variable can also be manually customized.
 *** New command `package-install-selected-packages' installs all
 packages from `package-selected-packages' which are currently missing.
 
+---
+*** `package-install' function now takes a DONT-SELECT argument.  If
+this function is called interactively or if DONT-SELECT is nil, add the
+package being installed to `package-selected-packages'.
+
 ---
 *** New command `package-autoremove' removes all packages which were
 installed strictly as dependencies but are no longer needed.