diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@
 
 - Issue #5607: fixed Distutils test_get_platform for Mac OS X fat binaries.
 
+- Issue #5741: don't disallow "%%" (which is an escape for "%") when setting
+  a value in SafeConfigParser.
+
 - Issue #5732: added a new command in Distutils: check.
 
 - Issue #5731: Distutils bdist_wininst no longer worked on non-Windows