diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
index 7c48966..2ec9e62 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
@@ -926,6 +926,9 @@
   :class:`ZipFile` constructor.  (Contributed by Ronald Oussoren;
   :issue:`6003`.)
 
+* XXX the :mod:`shutil` module has now a :func:`make_archive` function
+  (see the module doc, contributed by Tarek)
+
 
 New module: sysconfig
 ---------------------------------
@@ -935,7 +938,7 @@
 
 The :mod:`sysconfig` module provides access to Python's configuration
 information like the list of installation paths and the configuration
-variables relevant for the current platform.
+variables relevant for the current platform. (contributed by Tarek)
 
 .. ======================================================================
 .. whole new modules get described in subsections here