diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index edbe964..96320f7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #1180: Added a new global option to ignore ~/.pydistutils.cfg in
+  Distutils.
+
 - Issue #7218: Fix test_site for win32, the directory comparison was done with
   an uppercase.