diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 730cd235d..c2d024e55 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@
   support matching individual items as well.
 * The importer/autotagger system has been heavily refactored in this
   release. If anything breaks as a result, please let me know.
-* Support for album art embedded in files. The "embedcoverart" plugin
-  provides this functionality. (Thanks, daenney!)
+* Support for album art embedded in files. A new plugin, called
+  "embedart", implements this functionality. Enable the plugin to
+  automatically embed downloaded album art into your music files'
+  metadata. The plugin also provides the "embedart" and "extractart"
+  commands for moving image files in and out of metadata. See the
+  wiki for more details. (Thanks, daenney!)
 * The "distance" number, which quantifies how different an album's
   current and proposed metadata are, is now displayed as "similarity"
   instead. This should be less noisy and confusing; you'll now see
diff --git a/beetsplug/embedart.py b/beetsplug/embedart.py
index 651db307a..c90c9860a 100755
--- a/beetsplug/embedart.py
+++ b/beetsplug/embedart.py
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ def extract(lib, outpath, query):
     # Extract the art.
     print syspath(item.path)
     mf = mediafile.MediaFile(syspath(item.path))
-    data, kind = mf.art
+    art = mf.art
+    if not art:
+        log.error('No album art present in %s - %s.' %
+                  (item.artist, item.title))
+        return
+    data, kind = art
 
     # Add an extension to the filename.
     if kind == mediafile.imagekind.JPEG: