diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #1520877: Now distutils.sysconfig reads $AR from the 
+  environment/Makefile. Patch by Douglas Greiman.
+
 - Issue #4285: Change sys.version_info to be a named tuple. Patch by
   Ross Light.