Issue #5124: NEWS entries.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 94716a1..298a82a 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
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*Release date: 2015-06-30?*
+- Issue #5124: Paste with text selected now replaces the selection on X11.
+ This matches how paste works on Windows, Mac, most modern Linux apps,
+ and ttk widgets. Original patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
+
- Issue #24759: Make clear in idlelib.idle_test.__init__ that the directory
is a private implementation of test.test_idle and tool for maintainers.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c3cabb6..4c643ef 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@
IDLE
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+
+- Issue #5124: Paste with text selected now replaces the selection on X11.
+ This matches how paste works on Windows, Mac, most modern Linux apps,
+ and ttk widgets. Original patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
+
- Issue #24759: Make clear in idlelib.idle_test.__init__ that the directory
is a private implementation of test.test_idle and tool for maintainers.