diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5760023..822695d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
-What's New in Python release candidate 2?
-=========================================
+What's New in Python 2.7 release candidate 2?
+=============================================
 
 *Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
 
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #8948: cleanup functions and class / module setups and teardowns are
+  now honored in unittest debug methods.
+
 Documentation
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