makedist | 1 +

diff --git a/makedist b/makedist
index 7813a2b64e6c86f467b76abf74afd2b2aa8a8caf5ada7cac586c313b452606da..a614c9f3d1c6ab7427e3916294f777e22c9275c2a2e18cb0b936e0f3c1c88dce 100755
--- a/makedist
+++ b/makedist
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ git checkout v$release
 
 ./version >VERSION
 mv doc/FAQ doc/INSTALL doc/NEWS doc/THANKS .
+perl -i -ne 'print unless /^A.*\r$/' NEWS
 rm -r .git doc makedist version
 
 find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} +