diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 6e28c21aa3..2ecb835e45 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
     </section>
   </release>
 
+    If relevant for a given release, add a section for removed
+    features too
+
+    <section title="Removed features">
+    </section>
+
      -->
 
 <libvirt>