diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Bug #1234979: For the argument of thread.Lock.acquire, the Windows 
+  implemented treated all integer values except 1 as false.
+
 - Bug #1194181: bz2.BZ2File didn't handle mode 'U' correctly.
 
 - Patch #1212117: os.stat().st_flags is now accessible as a attribute