diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 25236d0f3d2..e1e7ba79d41 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ alt/option key by customizing the value for ns-right-alternate-modifier.
 ** The appt-add command takes an optional argument for the warning time.
 This can be used in place of the default appt-message-warning-time.
 
+** Obsolete packages
+
++++
+*** lmenu.el and cl-compat.el are now obsolete.
+
 
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.3