diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index a27a330fe68..97256f4e1aa 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2829,6 +2829,7 @@ operation.
 of the character after a specified buffer position, taking account
 of text properties as well as the character code.
 
++++
 *** `syntax-class' extracts the class of a syntax code (as returned
 by syntax-after).