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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
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@@ -3720,13 +3720,16 @@ Read the list of channels from @var{file} instead of
evaluates to a list of channel objects. @xref{Channels}, for more
information.
+@cindex channel news
@item --news
@itemx -N
-Display the list of packages added or upgraded since the previous generation.
+Display the list of packages added or upgraded since the previous
+generation, as well as, occasionally, news written by channel authors
+for their users (@pxref{Channels, Writing Channel News}).
-This is the same information as displayed upon @command{guix pull} completion,
-but without ellipses; it is also similar to the output of @command{guix pull
--l} for the last generation (see below).
+The package information is the same as displayed upon @command{guix
+pull} completion, but without ellipses; it is also similar to the output
+of @command{guix pull -l} for the last generation (see below).
@item --list-generations[=@var{pattern}]
@itemx -l [@var{pattern}]