diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fe089b84f87..7b176ee2c38 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Additional copyrights may follow
 
 $HEADER$
 
+we have a lot of NEwS to report
+
 ===========================================================================
 
 This file contains the main features as well as overviews of specific