itertools.count() no longer limited to sys.maxint.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 01f860b..bd31af4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@
 Library
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+- itertools.count() is no longer bounded to LONG_MAX.  Formerly, it raised
+  an OverflowError.  Now, automatically shifts from ints to longs.
+
 - Patch #1541463: optimize performance of cgi.FieldStorage operations.
 
 - Decimal is fully updated to the latest Decimal Specification (v1.66).