diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9c083e2..2ea75e6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Issue #1069410: The "can't load dll" message box on Windows is 
+- Issue #1069410: The "can't load dll" message box on Windows is
   suppressed while an extension is loaded by calling SetErrorMode in
   dynload_win.c. The error is still reported properly.
 
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- #1765140: add an optional delay argument to FileHandler and its
+  subclasses. Defaults to false (existing behaviour), but if true,
+  defers opening the file until the first call to emit().
+
 - The pprint module now supports sets and frozensets.
 
 - #1221598: add optional callbacks to ftplib.FTP's storbinary() and
@@ -1318,6 +1322,9 @@
 Documentation
 -------------
 
+- RFE #1765140: Updated documentation on FileHandler and subclasses to
+  include new optional delay argument.
+
 - Bug #932563: Added section on getting contextual information into logging
   output, and added documentation for the new LoggerAdapter class.