diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 25548694..8c748c58 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 ^Dockerfiles/latest/Dockerfile$
 ^Dockerfiles/devel/Dockerfile$
 ^README\.md$
-^NEWS\.md$
 ^CODE_OF_CONDUCT\.md$
 ^CONTRIBUTING\.md$
 Makefile
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 263ff50e..91780f7c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# v0.1.6
+# v 0.1.6
 * fix bug 'group_times misses nearest hour with mins threshold' (#5)
 
 # v 0.1.5