diff --git a/doc/NEWS b/doc/NEWS
index d185d66673..b875e5b5f7 100644
--- a/doc/NEWS
+++ b/doc/NEWS
@@ -117,22 +117,10 @@
     => -:7:in `open': No such file or directory - "foo" (Errno::ENOENT)
        ruby 1.7.0 (2001-05-02) [i586-linux]
 
-: syslog module
-
-  Imported. UNIX syslog interface.
-
-: forwardable module
-
-  Imported. Method delegation library.
-
 : pp module
 
   Imported. Prity Printing library.
 
-: uri module
-
-  Imported. URI library.
-
 : open
 
   Extended so that when the third argument is permission flags it