diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
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--- a/etc/NEWS
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@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ long lists and vectors.
 'pp' formats general Lisp sexps.  This function does much the same,
 but applies formatting rules appropriate for Emacs Lisp code.
 
-+++,
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 *** New function 'file-has-changed-p'.
 This convenience function is useful when writing code that parses
 files at run-time, and allows Lisp programs to re-parse files only