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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index fe5447006ff..fc6986e1ac4 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2013,20 +2013,27 @@ specifies the minimum line height in pixels.  If necessary, the line
 height it increased by increasing the line's ascent.
 
 If the line-height property value is a float, the minimum line height
-is calculated by multiplying the height of the current face font by
-the given value.
+is calculated by multiplying the default frame line height by the
+given value.
 
-If the line-height property value is t, the minimum line height is
-the height of the default frame font.
+If the line-height property value is a cons (RATIO . FACE), the
+minimum line height is calculated as RATIO * height of named FACE.
+RATIO is int or float.  If FACE is t, it specifies the current face.
 
-If the line-spacing property value is an integer, the value is used as
-additional space to put after the display line; this overrides the
-default frame line-spacing and any buffer local value of the
-line-spacing variable.
+If the line-spacing property value is an positive integer, the value
+is used as additional pixels to insert after the display line; this
+overrides the default frame line-spacing and any buffer local value of
+the line-spacing variable.
 
-If the line-spacing property value is a float, the value is multiplied
-by the current height of the display row to determine the additional
-space to put after the display line.
+If the value is a negative integer, the absolute value is used as the
+total height of the line, i.e. a varying number of pixels are
+inserted after each line to make each line exactly that many pixels high.
+
+If the line-spacing property may be a float or cons, the line spacing
+is calculated as specified above for the line-height property.
+
+** The buffer local line-spacing variable may now have a float value,
+which is used as a height relative to the default frame line height.
 
 ** Enhancements to stretch display properties
 
@@ -3417,7 +3424,7 @@ using the text properties (esp. the face) of the prompt string.
 running under X.
 
 ** Arguments for remove-overlays are now optional, so that you can remove
-all overlays in the buffer by just calling (remove-overlay). 
+all overlays in the buffer by just calling (remove-overlay).
 
 ** New packages: