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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index cfb788940d0..0777dcc3d2a 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ Just set shell-dir-cookie-re to an appropriate regexp.
 will turn on `whitespace-mode' for *vc-diff* buffers.  Modes should
 call `hack-dir-local-variables-non-file-buffer' to support this.
 
++++
+** You can prevent directory local variables from applying to subdirectories.
+Add an element (subdirs . nil) to the alist portion of any variables
+settings to indicate said section should not be applied to subdirectories.
+
 ** ERC changes
 
 *** New vars `erc-autojoin-timing' and `erc-autojoin-delay'.