diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- SF bug #893549: parsing keyword arguments was broken with a few format
+  codes.
+
 - Changes donated by Elemental Security to make it work on AIX 5.3
   with IBM's 64-bit compiler (SF patch #1284289).  This also closes SF
   bug #105470: test_pwd fails on 64bit system (Opteron).