Resolve issue 4449: AssertionError in mp_benchmarks.py
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4c71db1..f333a92 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #4449: AssertionError in mp_benchmarks.py, caused by an underlying issue
+  in sharedctypes.py.
+
 - Issue #1225107: inspect.isclass() returned True for instances with a custom
   __getattr__.