--- a/NEWS	Tue Dec 03 13:13:44 2013 -0800
+++ b/NEWS	Tue Dec 03 13:43:06 2013 -0800
@@ -1,3 +1,47 @@
+Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2:
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+ ** Other new functions added in 4.2:
+
+      *none*
+
+ ** Deprecated functions.
+
+    The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
+    removed from Octave 4.2.
+
+      default_save_options    java_new            
+      gen_doc_cache           java_set                   
+      interp1q                java_unsigned_conversion
+      isequalwithequalnans    javafields                
+      java_convert_matrix     javamethods               
+      java_debug              re_read_readline_init_file
+      java_get                read_readline_init_file   
+      java_invoke             saving_history            
+
+
+    The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.2 and will
+    be removed from Octave 4.6 (or whatever version is the second major
+    release after 4.2):
+
+      *none*
+
+
+    The following keywords were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
+    removed from Octave 4.2
+
+      static
+
+    The following configuration variables were deprecated in Octave 3.8
+    and have been removed from Octave 4.2
+
+      CC_VERSION  (now GCC_VERSION)
+      CXX_VERSION (now GXX_VERSION)
+
+    The internal class <Octave_map> was deprecated in Octave 3.8 and has
+    been removed from Octave 4.2.  Replacement classes are
+    <octave_map> (struct array) or <octave_scalar_map> for a single structure.
+
 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.0:
 ---------------------------------------------------------