diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 0347f67..75c3ae7 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@
 Gerry Wiener
 Frank Wierzbicki
 Bryce "Zooko" Wilcox-O'Hearn
+Jason Williams
 John Williams
 Sue Williams
 Gerald S. Williams
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a523b8f..dcf2b62 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #3196: email header decoding is now forgiving if an RFC2047
+  encoded word encoded in base64 is lacking padding.
+
 - Issue #9444: Argparse now uses the first element of prefix_chars as
   the option character for the added 'h/help' option if prefix_chars
   does not contain a '-', instead of raising an error.