diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 762def2..f911bd4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -738,6 +738,10 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #7924: Fix an intermittent 'XXX undetected error' failure in
+  test_capi (only seen so far on platforms where the curses module
+  wasn't built), due to an uncleared exception.
+
 - issue #7728: test_timeout was changed to use test_support.bind_port
   instead of a hard coded port.