diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 5066cfac779..1ea5d4e1da4 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -55,8 +55,14 @@ in to make it use the scrollbars from the system theme.
 
 ** The new package css-mode.el provides a major mode for editing CSS files.
 
+** The new package vera-mode.el provides a major mode for editing Vera files.
+
 ** The new package socks.el implements the SOCKS v5 protocol.
 
+** VC
+
+*** VC has some support for Mercurial (hg).
+
 
 * Installation Changes in Emacs 22.1