diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 557600ee1d0..769803c6878 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1059,6 +1059,7 @@ that started the search.
 *** In Isearch mode, mouse-2 in the echo area now yanks the current
 selection into the search string rather than giving an error.
 
++++
 *** There is a new lazy highlighting feature in incremental search.
 
 Lazy highlighting is switched on/off by customizing variable