diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 9cf5b87b290..dde80a52305 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -655,9 +655,10 @@ view-diary-entries, list-diary-entries, show-all-diary-entries
 inserted by the compilation filter function, when calling
 compilation-filter-hook.
 
-*** `compilation-error-screen-columns' is obeyed in the editing buffer.
-So programming language modes can set it, whereas previously only the value
-in the *compilation* buffer was used.
+*** `compilation-error-screen-columns' and `compilation-first-column'
+are obeyed in the editing buffer.  So programming language modes can
+set them, whereas previously only the value in the *compilation* buffer
+was used.
 
 ** Customize