diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 45b266c..4a74446 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Bug #1983: Fixed return type of fork(), fork1() and forkpty() calls.
+  Python expected the return type int but the fork familie returns pi_t.
+
 - Issue #1678380: Fix a bug that identifies 0j and -0j when they appear
   in the same code unit.
 
@@ -1386,6 +1389,9 @@
 Build
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+- Bug #1983: Added a check to pyport to verify that sizeof(pid_t) is
+  smaller or equal sizeof(long).
+
 - Bug #1234: Fixed semaphore errors on AIX 5.2
 
 - Issue #1726: Remove Python/atof.c from PCBuild/pythoncore.vcproj