diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b7f13e770d5..b9f58c846db 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ and later versions.
 ---
 ** Emacs on MS-Windows now supports drag-n-drop of text into a buffer.
 This is in addition to drag-n-drop of files, that was already
-supported. The configuration variables 'dnd-scroll-margin' and
+supported.  As on X, the user options 'dnd-scroll-margin' and
 'dnd-indicate-insertion-point' can be used to customize the process.