diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS
index c2bd8554d62..b676b678d58 100644
--- a/gas/NEWS
+++ b/gas/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
   XTheadMac, and XTheadSync) from version 2.0 of the T-Head ISA manual, which
   are implemented in the Allwinner D1.
 
+* Add support for the RISC-V Zawrs extension, version 1.0-rc4.
+
 Changes in 2.39:
 
 * Remove (rudimentary) support for the x86-64 sub-architectures Intel L1OM and