diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4aad515..c5b0e24 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@
 Library
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+- Patch #1698: allow '@' in username parsed by urlparse.py.
+
 - Issue #1735: TarFile.extractall() now correctly sets directory permissions
   and times.