diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index b79ce7f..549f314 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -798,6 +798,15 @@
 * A new builtin :func:`next` was added to call the :meth:`__next__`
   method on an object.
 
+* The :func:`round` function rounding strategy and return type have
+  changed.  Exact halfway cases are now rounded to the nearest even
+  result instead of away from zero.  (For example, ``round(2.5)`` now
+  returns ``2`` rather than ``3``.)  :func:`round(x[, n])` now
+  delegates to ``x.__round__([n])`` instead of always returning a
+  float.  It generally returns an integer when called with a single
+  argument and a value of the same type as ``x`` when called with two
+  arguments.
+
 * Moved :func:`intern` to :func:`sys.intern`.
 
 * Removed: :func:`apply`.  Instead of ``apply(f, args)`` use