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@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 Core and builtins
 
+- A method zfill() was added to str and unicode, that fills a numeric
+  string to the left with zeros.  For example,
+  "+123".zfill(6) -> "+00123".
+
 - Complex numbers supported divmod() and the // and % operators, but
   these make no sense.  Since this was documented, they're being
   deprecated now.