SF 1193128:  Let str.translate(None) be an identity transformation
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 96b8b1d..4370030 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
 - Request #1191699:  Slices can now be pickled.
 
+- Request #1193128:  str.translate() now allows a None argument for
+  translations that only remove characters without re-mapping the
+  remaining characters.
+
 - Patch #1682205: a TypeError while unpacking an iterable is no longer
   masked by a generic one with the message "unpack non-sequence".