diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4d9a481..b766afa 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Imports:
     callr,
     cli,
     codetools,
+    commonmark,
     graph,
     httr2,
     knitr,
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ Imports:
     rvest,
     stringdist,
     tools,
-    utils
+    utils,
+    xml2
 Suggests: 
     BiocStyle,
     devtools,
diff --git a/R/checks.R b/R/checks.R
index 3905edc..c54f7ad 100644
--- a/R/checks.R
+++ b/R/checks.R
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ checkNEWS <- function(pkgdir)
     }, error=function(e){
         handleWarning(
             "news(package='", basename(pkgdir), "') failed with news file: ",
-            newsPath, ".",
+            newsPath, ":", e$message,
             "\nRefer to https://contributions.bioconductor.org/news.html",
             " to be included in Bioconductor release announcements."
         )