diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2aaece42f5..2532565d77 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ Major new features:
 
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
-* The LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC environment variable support has been
-  removed since the first PT_LOAD segment is no longer executable due
-  to defaulting to -z separate-code.
+* On x86-64, the LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC environment variable support
+  has been removed since the first PT_LOAD segment is no longer executable
+  due to defaulting to -z separate-code.
 
 * The r_version update in the debugger interface makes the glibc binary
   incompatible with GDB binaries built without the following commits: