Patch #428326: New class threading.Timer.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5e763c0..a4d7395 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 
 Library
 
+- Asynchronous timeout actions are available through the new class
+  threading.Timer.
+
 - math.log and math.log10 now return sensible results for even huge
   long arguments.  For example, math.log10(10 ** 10000) ~= 10000.0.