Try out the new issue role.  Thanks, Georg!
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index f83f2a2..41ff055 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@
     >>> f(**ud)
     ['a', 'b']
 
-  .. Patch 1686487
+  (Contributed by Alexander Belopolsky; :issue:`1686487`.)
 
 * Tuples now have an :meth:`index` method matching the list type's
   :meth:`index` method::