diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index be6984b..afd8ea6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@
 Extension modules
 -----------------
 
+- socket.sslerror is now a subclass of socket.error .  Also added
+  socket.error to the socket module's C API.
+
 - Bug #920575: A problem that _locale module segfaults on
   nl_langinfo(ERA) caused by GNU libc's illegal NULL return is fixed.