diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+
+For the changes before 2.3.0, see doc/ChangeLog-2.3.0
+For the changes before 2.2.0, see doc/ChangeLog-2.2.0
+For the changes before 2.1.0, see doc/ChangeLog-2.1.0
+For the changes before 2.0.0, see doc/ChangeLog-2.0.0
+For the changes before 1.9.3, see doc/ChangeLog-1.9.3
+For the changes before 1.8.0, see doc/ChangeLog-1.8.0
+
+Local variables:
+coding: us-ascii
+add-log-time-format: (lambda ()
+  (let* ((time (current-time))
+	 (system-time-locale "C")
+	 (diff (+ (cadr time) 32400))
+	 (lo (% diff 65536))
+	 (hi (+ (car time) (/ diff 65536))))
+  (format-time-string "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y" (list hi lo) t)))
+indent-tabs-mode: t
+tab-width: 8
+change-log-indent-text: 2
+end:
+vim: tabstop=8 shiftwidth=2
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+# -*- rdoc -*-
+
+= NEWS for Ruby 2.4.0
+
+This document is a list of user visible feature changes made between
+releases except for bug fixes.
+
+Note that each entry is kept so brief that no reason behind or
+reference information is supplied with.  For a full list of changes
+with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file or Redmine
+(e.g. <tt>https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/$FEATURE_OR_BUG_NUMBER</tt>)
+
+== Changes since the 2.3.0 release
+
+=== Language changes
+
+=== Core classes updates (outstanding ones only)
+
+=== Stdlib updates (outstanding ones only)
+
+=== Stdlib compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)
+
+=== Built-in global variables compatibility issues
+
+=== C API updates
+
+=== Supported platform changes
+
+=== Implementation improvements