diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6b38425..4f7ee6c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #8688: Distutils now recalculates MANIFEST everytime.
+
 - Issue #8477: ssl.RAND_egd() and ssl._test_decode_cert() support str with
   surrogates and bytes for the filename