From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:11:35 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: ; * etc/NEWS: Call out a recent change in 'count-words'.  (Bug#41761)
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; * etc/NEWS: Call out a recent change in 'count-words'.  (Bug#41761)
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 3f52d26c111..61b25d3a2e6 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1000,6 +1000,12 @@ have now been removed.
 ** The 'count-lines' function now takes an optional parameter to
 ignore invisible lines.
 
+---
+** 'count-words' now crosses field boundaries.
+Originally, 'count-words' would stop counting at the first field
+boundary it encountered; now it keeps counting all the way to the
+region's (or buffer's) end.
+
 ---
 ** New function 'custom-add-choice'.
 This function can be used by modes to add elements to the