** Gnus changes.
-*** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. See the manual for details.
+The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in
+four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment,
+internationalization and mail-fetching.
+
+*** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the
+many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone.
+
+*** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of
+Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details.
+
+*** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too
+many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
*** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
called to position point.
summary buffers and NOV files.
*** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number
-of variables starting with `gnus-treat-'.
+of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added.
+*** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a
+subtly different manner.