diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 9817115918b..7759da2195e 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ regular file with contents being what would have been in the symlink.
 +++
 ** New functions `group-gid' and `group-real-gid'.
 
+---
 ** The spelling of the rx.el category `chinese-two-byte' has been
 corrected (the first 'e' was missing).