diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a1f15ab..ecbbd97 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@
   positions.  It once again reports a syntax error if a future
   statement occurs after anything other than a doc string.
 
+- Change the %s format specifier for str objects so that it returns a
+  unicode instance if the argument is not an instance of basestring and
+  calling __str__ on the argument returns a unicode instance.
+
 Extension Modules
 -----------------