diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f4186875552..4629e1ec011 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ udev 142
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 Bugfixes.
 
-A too old kernel or a kernel with CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is not
-supported since while and udevd will log an error message at
+A too old kernel (2.6.21) or a kernel with CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
+is not supported since while and udevd will log an error message at
 startup.
 
-DVB device naming is supplied by the kernel now. To support older
-kernels, the old shell script should be added to a possible compat
+DVB device naming is supplied by the kernel now. In case older kernels
+need to be supported, the old shell script should be added to a compat
 rules file.
 
 udev 141