diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 81adc94..a384c41 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #5890: in subclasses of 'property' the __doc__ attribute was
+  shadowed by classtype's, even if it was None.  property now
+  inserts the __doc__ into the subclass instance __dict__.
+
 - Issue #4426: The UTF-7 decoder was too strict and didn't accept some legal
   sequences. Patch by Nick Barnes and Victor Stinner.