diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c8c8c61fc42..45ef93a9ae4 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -4185,6 +4185,11 @@ for directories, and completion inside it shows only directories.
 
 ** Completion changes:
 
++++
+*** The new function `minibuffer-completion-contents' returns the contents
+of the minibuffer just before point.  That is what completion commands
+operate on.
+
 +++
 *** The functions `all-completions' and `try-completion' now accept lists
 of strings as well as hash-tables additionally to alists, obarrays