diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0d5f981..5529786 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -527,6 +527,8 @@
 - Skip network tests when getaddrinfo() returns EAI_AGAIN, meaning a temporary
   failure in name resolution.
 
+- Solved a potential deadlock in test_telnetlib.py. Related to issue #11812.
+
 - Avoid failing in test_urllibnet.test_bad_address when some overzealous
   DNS service (e.g. OpenDNS) resolves a non-existent domain name.  The test
   is now skipped instead.