diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 71399f610..60ace3335 100644
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@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 - [mtiLib] Added unit tests (#787)
 - [gvar] Renamed GlyphVariation to TupleVariation to match OpenType terminology.
 - [otTables] Handle gracefully empty VarData.Item array when compiling XML. (#797)
-- [ci] Measure test coverage on all supported python versions and OSes, combine coverage data and upload to https://codecov.io/gh/fonttools/fonttools (#786)
+- [varLib] Re-enabled generation of `HVAR` table for fonts with TrueType
+  outlines; removed `--build-HVAR` command-line option.
+- [ci] Measure test coverage on all supported python versions and OSes, combine
+  coverage data and upload to https://codecov.io/gh/fonttools/fonttools (#786)
 - [ci] Configured Travis and Appveyor for running tests on Python 3.6 (#785, 55c03bc)
 
 ## TTX/FontTools Version 3.4.0