diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #3817: ftplib.FTP.abort() method now considers 225 a valid response
+  code as stated in RFC-959 at chapter 5.4.
+
 - Issue #8394: _ctypes.dlopen() accepts bytes, bytearray and str with
   surrogates.