diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f4741fb..2e321c4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #10611: SystemExit exception will no longer kill a unittest run.
+
+- Issue #9857: It is now possible to skip a test in a setUp, tearDown or clean
+  up function.
+
 - Issue #10573: use actual/expected consistently in unittest methods.
   The order of the args of assertCountEqual is also changed.
 
@@ -322,7 +327,7 @@
 - configparser: the SafeConfigParser class has been renamed to ConfigParser.
   The legacy ConfigParser class has been removed but its interpolation mechanism
   is still available as LegacyInterpolation.
-  
+
 - configparser: Usage of RawConfigParser is now discouraged for new projects
   in favor of ConfigParser(interpolation=None).
 
diff --git a/Misc/python-wing4.wpr b/Misc/python-wing4.wpr
index c3f1537..795b694 100644
--- a/Misc/python-wing4.wpr
+++ b/Misc/python-wing4.wpr
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 ##################################################################
 [project attributes]
 proj.directory-list = [{'dirloc': loc('..'),
-                        'excludes': [u'Lib/__pycache__',
+                        'excludes': [u'Lib/unittest/test/__pycache__',
+                                     u'Lib/__pycache__',
                                      u'Doc/build',
+                                     u'Lib/unittest/__pycache__',
                                      u'build'],
                         'filter': '*',
                         'include_hidden': False,