diff --git a/runtime/doc/news.txt b/runtime/doc/news.txt
index 4900883a38..40a6fae6d9 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/news.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/news.txt
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ PLUGINS
   unrelated Python virtual environments are activated.
   |provider-python|
 • |:checkhealth| now checks for an available |vim.ui.open()| handler.
+• spellfile.vim: Replaced by |package-spellfile|.
 
 STARTUP