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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index da18848bc4a..ead26984623 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -882,6 +882,11 @@ For improved security, you might want to set this to 't' or
 before setting these values, or you will be unable to install
 packages.
 
+*** Support expiration of package archive metadata.
+When a package archive distributes a last-updated and expiration
+timestamp, they will automatically be used to verify that distributed
+packages are not out of date.
+
 ** gdb-mi
 
 +++