diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index c8f80e6..50190fa 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@
 Tim O'Malley
 Pascal Oberndoerfer
 Jeffrey Ollie
+Adam Olsen
 Grant Olson
 Piet van Oostrum
 Jason Orendorff
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d291f1d..49c739f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #1722344: threading._shutdown() is now called in Py_Finalize(), which
+  fixes the problem of some exceptions being thrown at shutdown when the
+  interpreter is killed. Patch by Adam Olsen.
+
 - Issue #7168: Document PyFloat_AsString and PyFloat_AsReprString, and
   note that they are unsafe and deprecated.