diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 1632cdcfed2..4ab24df14d2 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -494,11 +494,11 @@ Emacs exit.
 ** Savehist
 
 ---
-*** Savehist now saves variables only once.
+*** Savehist no longer saves additional variables more than once.
 If you configured 'savehist-additional-variables' with variables that
-were also dynamically accumulated during minibuffer use, they were saved
-twice in the file indicated by 'savehist-file'.  These will no longer be
-saved twice.
+were also dynamically accumulated in minibuffer history during
+minibuffer use, they are now saved only once in the file specified by
+'savehist-file'.  Previously, they were saved twice.
 
 ** Message