diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index e6ded2c87..f41079594 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ plain list.
 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
 ** Miscellaneous
+*** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing 
+Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
+current projet.  Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
+Org files.
 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
 indentation.