diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 6cfdd5a..6064497 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@
 Gustavo Niemeyer
 Oscar Nierstrasz
 Hrvoje Niksic
+Gregory Nofi
 Jesse Noller
 Bill Noon
 Stefan Norberg
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5752318..e74d4ac 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #8248: Add some tests for the bool type.  Patch by Gregory Nofi.
+
 - Issue #8263: Now regrtest.py will report a failure if it receives a
   KeyboardInterrupt (SIGINT).