diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b6b08e550bb..2bc7a3c3caa 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  2006-06-04
+GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
 
 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
           Free Software Foundation, Inc.