diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 94e22b3..8342bf9 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@
 Frank J. Tobin
 R Lindsay Todd
 Bennett Todd
+Matias Torchinsky
 Richard Townsend
 Laurence Tratt
 John Tromp
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 666139f..5467809 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
-=======
 - Issue #6902: Fix problem with built-in types format incorrectly with
   0 padding.
 
@@ -782,6 +781,9 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #6292: for the moment at least, the test suite runs cleanly if python
+  is run with the -OO flag.  Tests requiring docstrings are skipped.
+
 - Issue #7712: test.support gained a new `temp_cwd` context manager which is
   now also used by regrtest to run all the tests in a temporary directory.
   The original CWD is saved in `support.SAVEDCWD`.