diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #6595: The Decimal constructor now allows arbitrary Unicode
+  decimal digits in input, as recommended by the standard.  Previously
+  it was restricted to accepting [0-9].
+
 - Issue #6106: telnetlib.Telnet.process_rawq doesn't handle default WILL/WONT
   DO/DONT correctly.