diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 454534d..cccdf66 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #9452: Add read_file, read_string, and read_dict to the configparser 
+  API; new source attribute to exceptions.
+
 - Issue #6231: Fix xml.etree.ElementInclude to include the tail of the
   current node.