diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 6e28c21aa3ec0f4c693a3229d346c12d7c991f53..2ecb835e45f09ddbe0df11bc58f4d45e4f52c2c0 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>