diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 53f75d120d2..fbfb9086430 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -188,10 +188,13 @@ expectations.
 This option lists those files and directories whose content Emacs should
 consider as sufficiently trusted to run any part of the code contained
 therein even without any explicit user request.
+
 For example, Flymake's backend for Emacs Lisp consults this option
 and disables itself with an "untrusted content" warning if the file
 is not listed.
 
+This option is used to fix CVE-2024-53920.  See below for details.
+
 ** Emacs now supports Unicode Standard version 15.1.
 
 ** Emacs now comes with Org v9.7.