diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
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--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -483,6 +483,10 @@ the cursor, for example screen magnifiers and text to speech programs.
 ** Tooltips now work on MS Windows.
 See the Emacs 21.1 NEWS entry for tooltips for details.
 
+** Some images are now supported on Windows.
+PBM images are supported, other formats which require external
+libraries may be supported in future.
+
 ** Pointing devices with more than 3 buttons are now supported on MS Windows.
 The new variable `w32-pass-extra-mouse-buttons-to-system' controls
 whether Emacs should handle the extra buttons itself (the default), or