diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ae2c1a3..329687f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- bsddb module: Erratic behaviour of "DBEnv->rep_elect()" because a typo.
+  Possible crash.
+
 - Issue #13774: json: Fix a SystemError when a bogus encoding is passed to
   json.loads().