diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 97596053b..c1f37dbad 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -257,12 +257,9 @@ announcement: NEWS ChangeLog $(rel-files) $(signatures)
 	    --prev=$(PREV_VERSION)					\
 	    --curr=$(VERSION)						\
 	    --rel=$(release_archive_dir)				\
+	    --news=NEWS							\
 	    $(addprefix --url-dir=, $(url_dir_list));			\
 	  echo;								\
-	  echo NEWS:;							\
-	  sed -n "$(news-r1),$(news-r2)p" NEWS				\
-	    | grep -v '^\[';						\
-	  echo;								\
 	  echo ChangeLog entries:;					\
 	  find . -name ChangeLog -maxdepth 2				\
 	    | xargs $(CVS) diff -up -r$(prev-cvs-tag) -rHEAD		\