diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 4379f0c180b..6c0014d0bf7 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ and NEWS.1-17 for changes in older Emacs versions.
 You can narrow news to a specific version by calling `view-emacs-news'
 with a prefix argument or by typing C-u C-h C-n.
 
+
+* Changes in Emacs 24.2
+
+** This is mainly a bug-fix release.
+
 
 * Installation Changes in Emacs 24.1