diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #8688: MANIFEST files created by distutils now include a magic
+  comment indicating they are generated. Manually maintained MANIFESTs
+  without this marker will not be overwritten or removed.
+
 - Issue #7467: when reading a file from a ZIP archive, its CRC is checked
   and a BadZipfile error is raised if it doesn't match (as used to be the
   case in Python 2.5 and earlier).