diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #8286: The distutils command sdist will print a warning message instead
+  of crashing when an invalid path is given in the manifest template.
+
 - Issue #12636: IDLE reads the coding cookie when executing a Python script.
 
 - Issue #10946: The distutils commands bdist_dumb, bdist_wininst and bdist_msi