allow unicode keyword arguments for the ** syntax #4978
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c7be9e0..f8bfa00 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #4978: Passing keyword arguments as unicode strings is now allowed.
+
 - os.ftruncate raises OSErrors instead of IOErrors for consistency with other os
   functions.