backport r67246 from the trunk
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4c45e4f..25bffa2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #4230: If ``__getattr__`` is a descriptor, it now functions correctly.
+
 - Issue #4048: The parser module now correctly validates relative imports.
 
 - Issue #4176: Fixed a crash when pickling an object which ``__reduce__``