diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index af0ad3c034..38429acb34 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ Removed Functionality
 Deprecated Functionality
 ------------------------
 
+- The ``--disable-archiver`` configure flag no longer does anything and will be
+  removed in 7.1. zeek-archiver has moved into the zeek-aux repository.
+
 Zeek 6.2.0
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