diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index ede636a..7ef79c3 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,29 @@
+What's New in IDLE 2.7.11?
+=========================
+
+*Release date: 
+
+- Issue #23672: Allow Idle to edit and run files with astral chars in name.
+  Patch by Mohd Sanad Zaki Rizvi.
+
+- Issue 24745: Idle editor default font. Switch from Courier to
+  platform-sensitive TkFixedFont.  This should not affect current customized
+  font selections.  If there is a problem, edit $HOME/.idlerc/config-main.cfg
+  and remove 'fontxxx' entries from [Editor Window].  Patch by Mark Roseman.
+
+- Issue #21192: Idle editor. When a file is run, put its name in the restart bar.
+  Do not print false prompts. Original patch by Adnan Umer.
+
+- Issue #13884: Idle menus. Remove tearoff lines. Patch by Roger Serwy.
+
+- Issue #15809: IDLE shell now uses locale encoding instead of Latin1 for
+  decoding unicode literals.
+
+
 What's New in IDLE 2.7.10?
 =========================
 
-*Release data: 2015-05-23*
+*Release date: 2015-05-23*
 
 - Issue #23583: Fixed writing unicode to standard output stream in IDLE.
 
@@ -20,7 +42,7 @@
 What's New in IDLE 2.7.9?
 =========================
 
-*Release data: 2014-12-10*
+*Release date: 2014-12-10*
 
 - Issue #16893: Update Idle doc chapter to match current Idle and add new
   information.