diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #8521: Allow CreateKeyEx, OpenKeyEx, and DeleteKeyEx functions
+  of winreg to use named arguments.
+
 - Issue #9930: Remove bogus subtype check that was causing (e.g.)
   float.__rdiv__(2.0, 3) to return NotImplemented instead of the
   expected 1.5.