diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 501a164..34bdb9d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #2719: backported the ``next()`` builtin from Python 3.
+
 - Issue #2681: The octal literal ``0o8`` was incorrecly acctepted. Now it
   properly raises a SyntaxError.