diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 966c7e9c6a..4234144f77 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -97,4 +97,5 @@ key in a given ColumnFamily) is limited by available memory, because
 compaction deserializes each row before merging.
 
 See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-16
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+testing svn access.