#1178141: add addinfourl.code to get http status code from urllib.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3d70408..3ff4f3e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@
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+- #1178141: add a getcode() method to the addinfourls that urllib.open()
+  returns so that you can retrieve the HTTP status code.
+
 - Issue #1003: Fix zipfile decryption check, it would fail zip files
   with extended local headers.