diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 05938397a5..b33c56e920 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ PDB:
 
   - Add file-pdf-load2 API to load password-protected and/or multi-page
     PDF files.
+  - Add file-hgt-load to load HGT files, with argument to select between
+    SRTM-1 and SRTM-3 types.
 
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