diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2006-02-13  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+	* NEWS: Clarify symbols versus types in unused-value warnings.
+
 	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number.
 
 2006-02-13  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Changes in version 2.1a, 2006-02-13:
   their contents together.
 
 * New warning: unused values
-  Typed right-hand side symbols whose values are not used are reported,
-  if the associated types have destructors.  For instance:
+  Right-hand side symbols whose values are not used are reported,
+  if the symbols have destructors.  For instance:
 
      exp: exp "?" exp ":" exp { $1 ? $1 : $3; }
 	| exp "+" exp