diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 8c21d07f6..9afa74f47 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ORG NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.           -*- org -*-
+ORG NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.   -*- mode: org; coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 #+LINK: doc http://orgmode.org/worg/doc.html#%s
 #+LINK: git http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=%s