diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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 Library
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+- Issue #9807 (part 1): Expose the ABI flags in sys.abiflags.  Add --abiflags
+  switch to python-config for command line access.
+
 - Issue #6098: Don't claim DOM level 3 conformance in minidom.
 
 - Issue #5762: Fix AttributeError raised by ``xml.dom.minidom`` when an empty