prevent import statements from assigning to None
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1192618..18976c0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Assignment to None using import statements now raises a SyntaxError.
+
 - In the slice AST type, the step field will always be None if a step expression
   is not specified.