diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c4904da..3c1ba7f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 - Bug #1531405, format_exception no longer raises an exception if
   str(exception) raised an exception.
 
+- Fix a bug in the ``compiler`` package that caused invalid code to be
+  generated for nested functions.
+
 
 Extension Modules
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