remove HTTPSConnection's check_hostname parameter (#22959)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5e7a795..f471ed3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #22959: Remove the *check_hostname* parameter of
+  httplib.HTTPSConnection. The *context* parameter should be used instead.
+
 - Issue #16043: Add a default limit for the amount of data xmlrpclib.gzip_decode
   will return. This resolves CVE-2013-1753.