diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9b32d562..4dd0c8c2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ Miscellaneous:
   metadata.
 * link against lua51 not lua50
 * configure options to link against libmozjs of xulrunner
+* using iconv for some multibyte charsets. It works if the terminal codepage
+  is UTF-8. More charsets will be added on demand.
 
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 The following changes should be removed from NEWS before ELinks 0.13.0