diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d396295c..f8c612a8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
 
 ** Fix a problem when -k is used and some URLs are specified trough
    CSS.
+
+** Convert correctly URLs that need to be encoded to local files when following
+   links.
+
+** Use persistent connections with proxies supporting them.
 
 * Changes in Wget 1.12