Issue #7943: Fix circular reference created when instantiating an SSL
socket.  Initial patch by Péter Szabó.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index cd74072..cb827da 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@
 Kalle Svensson
 Paul Swartz
 Thenault Sylvain
+Péter Szabó
 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
 Geoff Talvola
 William Tanksley
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6be66b3..26ce4e0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #7943: Fix circular reference created when instantiating an SSL
+  socket.  Initial patch by Péter Szabó.
+
 - Issue #8451: Syslog module now uses basename(sys.argv[0]) instead of
   the string "python" as the *ident*.  openlog() arguments are all optional
   and keywords.