This was actually fixed for the previous alpha.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6daed85..5586118 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@
Library
-------
-- Issue #2236: distutils' mkpath ignored the mode parameter.
-
- Issue #10321: Added support for binary data to smtplib.SMTP.sendmail,
and a new method send_message to send an email.message.Message object.
@@ -421,6 +419,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #2236: distutils' mkpath ignored the mode parameter.
+
- Fix typo in one sdist option (medata-check).
- Issue #9199: Fix incorrect use of distutils.cmd.Command.announce.