diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cd21eea..9800a9b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Update the peephole optimizer to remove more dead code (jumps after returns)
+  and inline unconditional jumps to returns.
+
 - Bug #1545497: when given an explicit base, int() did ignore NULs
   embedded in the string to convert.