#5741: dont disallow double percent signs in SafeConfigParser.set() keys.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2112a80..35f3d3f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
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+- 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