diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 59b3661..80fda10 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@
 Lance Finn Helsten
 Jonathan Hendry
 James Henstridge
+Kasun Herath
 Chris Herborth
 Ivan Herman
 Jürgen Hermann
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fddaf09..4be61cf 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #11927: SMTP_SSL now uses port 465 by default as documented.  Patch
+  by Kasun Herath.
+
 - Issue 11999: fixed sporadic sync failure mailbox.Maildir due to its trying to
   detect mtime changes by comparing to the system clock instead of to the
   previous value of the mtime.