Mention that tls.el is secure by default, and will fail

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 3b86a88197a..10d516bc23f 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ the variable `dir-locals-file' for more information.
 added via the new Network Security Manager (NSM) and controlled via
 the `network-security-level' variable.
 
+** If Emacs isn't built with TLS support, an external TLS-capable
+program is used instead.  This program used to be run in --insecure
+mode by default, but has now changed to be secure instead, and will
+fail if you try to connect to non-verifiable hosts.  This is
+controlled by the `tls-program' variable.
+
 +++
 ** C-h l now also lists the commands that were run.