diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 602c375dc2f..a6f897c602f 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -737,6 +737,12 @@ To use this, add a list to both electric pair user options: '("/*" . "*/")'.
 You can also specify to insert an extra space after the first string
 pair: '("/*" " */" t)'.
 
+---
+** New user option 'electric-indent-actions'.
+This user options specifies a list of actions to reindent.  The possible
+elements for this list are: 'yank', reindent the yanked text;
+'before-save', indent the whole buffer before saving it.
+
 +++
 ** You can now use 'M-~' during 'C-x s' ('save-some-buffers').
 Typing 'M-~' while saving some buffers means not to save the buffer and
diff --git a/lisp/electric.el b/lisp/electric.el
index 6ecdea57d6b..a1131499be6 100644
--- a/lisp/electric.el
+++ b/lisp/electric.el
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ Returns nil when we can't find this char."
   "List of actions to indent.
 
 The valid elements of this list can be:
- - yank: Indent the yanked text only if point is not in a string or
+ - `yank': Indent the yanked text only if point is not in a string or
          comment and yanked region is longer than 1 line.
- - save: Indent the whole buffer before saving it.
+ - `before-save': Indent the whole buffer before saving it.
 
 The indentation will not happen when the major mode is unable to
 reindent code reliably, such as in buffers where indentation is