diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c82eb63..238c1c8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
 - Issue #7457: added a read_pkg_file method to
   distutils.dist.DistributionMetadata.
 
+Build
+-----
+
+- Switch to OpenSSL 0.9.8l on Windows.
 
 Tests
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