diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a69d579..2fbd70e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #13114: Fix the distutils commands check and register when the
+  long description is a Unicode string with non-ASCII characters.
+
 - Issue #7367: Fix pkgutil.walk_paths to skip directories whose
   contents cannot be read.