diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 3deab324c..89751cefd 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ Now ~=...=~ markup uses ~@samp{}~ instead of ~@verb{}~.  You can use
 *** Texinfo default table markup is ~@asis~
 It used to be ~@samp~ but ~@asis~ is neutral and, therefore, more
 suitable as a default value.
+*** New entities : ~\dollar~ and ~\USD~
 *** ~org-parse-time-string~ accepts a new optional argument
 =ZONE= specifies the current time zone.
 
diff --git a/lisp/org-entities.el b/lisp/org-entities.el
index 05ccf0cf5..bf8023b1b 100644
--- a/lisp/org-entities.el
+++ b/lisp/org-entities.el
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ packages to be loaded, add these packages to `org-latex-packages-alist'."
      ("yen" "\\textyen{}" nil "¥" "yen" "¥" "¥")
      ("euro" "\\texteuro{}" nil "€" "EUR" "EUR" "€")
      ("EUR" "\\texteuro{}" nil "€" "EUR" "EUR" "€")
+     ("dollar" "\\$" nil "$" "$" "$" "$")
+     ("USD" "\\$" nil "$" "$" "$" "$")
 
      "** Property Marks"
      ("copy" "\\textcopyright{}" nil "©" "(c)" "©" "©")