diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 537c4b1..edeff46 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 - Bug #1541863: uuid.uuid1 failed to generate unique identifiers
   on systems with low clock resolution.
 
+- Bug #1543303, patch #1543897: remove NUL padding from tarfiles.
+
 
 Documentation
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