Issue #7027: regrtest.py keeps a reference to the encodings.ascii module as a
workaround to #7140 bug
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fdec90d..f24a188 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@
 Tests
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+- Issue #7027: regrtest.py keeps a reference to the encodings.ascii module as a
+  workaround to #7140 bug
+
 - Issue #3864: Skip three test_signal tests on freebsd6 because they fail
   if any thread was previously started, most likely due to a platform bug.