diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 89eb91773e5..cc097557946 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-07-04  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Create a new section for the next release branch.
+	Rename the section of the current branch, now that it has
+	been cut.
+
 2018-07-04  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	GDB 8.2 branch created (1b919490e8ba30bf1d6941df0ed112b0e557017e):
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index ab7632c817e..2d1d1612337 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 		What has changed in GDB?
 	     (Organized release by release)
 
-*** Changes since GDB 8.1
+*** Changes since GDB 8.2
+
+*** Changes in GDB 8.2
 
 * The 'set disassembler-options' command now supports specifying options
   for the MIPS target.