diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 63a740cf64c..843e93d5083 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1338,6 +1338,15 @@ These themes are designed for colour-contrast accessibility.  You can
 load the new themes using 'M-x customize-themes' or 'load-theme' from
 your init file.
 
+** Dictionary mode
+
+This is a mode for searching a RFC 2229 dictionary
+server. 'dictionary' opens a buffer for starting
+operations. 'dictionary-search' performs a lookup for a word. It also
+supports a 'dictionary-tooltip-mode' which performs a lookup of the
+word under the mouse in 'dictionary-tooltip-dictionary' (which must be
+customized first).
+
 
 * Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 28.1