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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
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@@ -626,6 +626,10 @@ Note that +++ before an item means the Lisp manual has been updated.
 When you add a new item, please add it without either +++ or ---
 so I will know I still need to look at it -- rms.
 
+** The function `intern-soft' now accepts a symbol as first argument.
+In this case, that exact symbol is looked up in the specified obarray,
+and the function's value is nil if it is not found.
+
 ** The new macro `with-syntax-table' can be used to evaluate forms
 with the syntax table of the current buffer temporarily set to a
 specified table.