Add known issues section

Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/22774)

diff --git a/dev/NEWS-FORMAT.md b/dev/NEWS-FORMAT.md
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--- a/dev/NEWS-FORMAT.md
+++ b/dev/NEWS-FORMAT.md
@@ -133,6 +133,22 @@ possible and practical.
 
 List features in descending order of significance (approximately).
 
+#### Listing known issues
+
+Known issues can be called out as follows:
+
+```text
+The following known issues are present in this release and will be rectified in
+a future release:
+
+    * xxx (#12345)
+
+```
+
+The editorial conventions for this block are similar to those for feature
+additions, except that an issue number is listed rather than a reference to a
+standard.
+
 #### Listing documentation enhancements
 
 Significant documentation enhancements can be called out as follows: