note about r60104
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b20273d..a068876 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@
 Library
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+- #1336: fix a race condition in subprocess.Popen if the garbage
+  collector kicked in at the wrong time that would cause the process
+  to hang when the child wrote to stderr.
+
 - #1146: fix how textwrap breaks a long word that would start in the
   last column of a line.