diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index bc9ee2b..c1cb855 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 Thomas Bellman
 Juan M. Bello Rivas
 Alexander Belopolsky
+Andrew Bennetts
 Andy Bensky
 Michel Van den Bergh
 Eric Beser
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9144f5d..93c2ba0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Patches #1298449 and #1298499: Add some missing checks for error
+  returns in cStringIO.c.
+
 - Patch #1297028: fix segfault if call type on MultibyteCodec,
   MultibyteStreamReader, or MultibyteStreamWriter