diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index ecd52e0..958951f 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@
 Laurence Tratt
 John Tromp
 Jason Trowbridge
+Brent Tubbs
 Anthony Tuininga
 David Turner
 Stephen Turner
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d87b9ed..7e91943 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #16220: wsgiref now always calls close() on an iterable response.
+  Patch by Brent Tubbs.
+
 - Issue #16176: Properly identify Windows 8 via platform.platform()
 
 - Issue #15756: subprocess.poll() now properly handles errno.ECHILD to