diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #4483: _dbm module now builds on systems with gdbm & gdbm_compat
+  libs.
+
 - Issue #4529: fix the parser module's validation of try-except-finally
   statements.