diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e5e5aa9..152acba 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #12028: Make threading._get_ident() public, rename it to
+  threading.get_ident() and document it. This function was used by
+  _thread.get_ident().
+
 - Issue #12171: IncrementalEncoder.reset() of CJK codecs (multibytecodec) calls
   encreset() instead of decreset().