diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index df3474a..d809640 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -774,6 +774,9 @@
 - Update python manual page (options -B, -O0, -s, environment variables
   PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE, PYTHONNOUSERSITE).
 
+- Issue #8909: Added the size of the bitmap used in the installer created by
+  distutils' bdist_wininst. Patch by Anatoly Techtonik.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.1.1?
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