#1940: make it possible to use curses.filter() before curses.initscr()
as the documentation says.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d883038..1603418 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1103,9 +1103,13 @@
   does not claim to support starttls.  Adds the SMTP.ehlo_or_helo_if_needed()
   method.  Patch contributed by Bill Fenner.
 
+
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- #1940: make it possible to use curses.filter() before curses.initscr()
+  as the documentation says.
+
 - Backport of _fileio module from Python 3.0.
 
 - #1087741: mmap.mmap is now a class, not a factory function. It is also