diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5aa3ebcf..4cbc4b43 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+    - fixed internal write_file() function to use write mode instead of append
+      that somehow was there accidentally.  (Andrei)
+
+Version 1.4.0
+-------------
     - fixed indexing by section properties with the new syntax. (Andrei)
 
 Version 1.4.0b2