1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 84a2728fcf0..d44e56ac860 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2331,7 +2331,9 @@ configuration files.
 ** The new function syntax-after returns the syntax code
 of the character after a specified buffer position, taking account
 of text properties as well as the character code.
-It returns the value compatibly with char-syntax.
+It returns the value compatibly with char-syntax, except
+that the value can be a list (SYNTAX . MATCHER) which says
+what the matching character is.
 
 +++
 ** The new primitive `get-internal-run-time' returns the processor