diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 4a4ddb00c62..2fb7fc9d600 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ This behavior is activated by setting the buffer-local variable
 `indicate-empty-lines' to a non-nil value.  The default value of this
 variable is found in `default-indicate-empty-lines'.
 
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 ** There is a new "aggressive" scrolling method.
 
 When scrolling up because point is above the window start, if the