diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index e371490601..37d8748bf4 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ Upgrading
                                                 'replication_factor' : 2 };
       Also, the consistency level cannot be set in the language anymore, but is
       at the protocol level.
-      Please refer to the CQL3 documentation for details.
+      Please refer to the CQL3 documentation (http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/cql3/CQL.html)
+      for details.
     - In CQL3, the DROP behavior from ALTER TABLE has currently been removed
       (because it was not correctly implemented). We hope to add it back soon
       (Cassandra 1.2.1 or 1.2.2)