Add a list of minibuffer default values.

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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 00faf92d29a..8b0e2cfac8b 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ its usage.
 
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
 
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+** In Dired-x, all command guesses for ! are now added to the default
+list accessible by M-n instead of pushing all guesses temporarily into
+the history list.
+
 ** smerge-refine highlights word-level details of changes in conflict.
 It's used automatically as you move through conflicts, see smerge-auto-refine.
 
@@ -282,6 +287,13 @@ supported on other platforms, but not on Windows due to using the winsock
 
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1
 
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+** A list of default values can be specified for the DEFAULT argument of
+functions `read-from-minibuffer', `read-string', `read-command',
+`read-variable', `read-buffer', `completing-read'.  Elements of this list
+are available for inserting into the minibuffer by typing `M-n'.
+For empty input these functions return the first element of this list.
+
 ** `frame-inherited-parameters' lets new frames inherit parameters from
 the selected frame.
 ** New keymap `input-decode-map' overrides like key-translation-map, but