diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c8480fa2b3..1299c315e7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ build without it and contain the pre-built documentation. An online copy
 is available here:
   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/libudev/
 
+Many extras of the udev-extras repository have been merged into the main
+udev repository. Some of the extras have larger external dependencies, and
+they can be disabled with the configure switch --disable-extras.
+
 udev 142
 ========
 Bugfixes.