diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and builtins
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+- Forward UnicodeDecodeError into SyntaxError for source encoding errors.
+
 - SF bug #900092: When tracing (e.g. for hotshot), restore 'return' events for
   exceptions that cause a function to exit.