diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 7bea5ef81b4..c848580dc93 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-06-11  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Create a new section for the next release branch.
+	Rename the section of the current branch, now that it has
+	been cut.
+
 2014-06-11  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	GDB 7.8 branch created (173373c6f6388171d1d62a217fae90a052395be2):
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 1397e8be93b..d9a19ae41b0 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 		What has changed in GDB?
 	     (Organized release by release)
 
-*** Changes since GDB 7.7
+*** Changes since GDB 7.8
+
+*** Changes in GDB 7.8
 
 * New command line options