#1379416: encode charset name to ascii to avoid unicode promotion of output
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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+- Issue #1379416: eliminated a source of accidental unicode promotion in
+  email.header.Header.encode.
+
 - Issue #5258/#10642: if site.py encounters a .pth file that generates an error,
   it now prints the filename, line number, and traceback to stderr and skips
   the rest of that individual file, instead of stopping processing entirely.