diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
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--- a/Misc/ACKS
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@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@
 Michael Foord
 Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
 Doug Fort
+Daniel Fortunov
 Evens Fortuné
 Chris Foster
 John Fouhy
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-05-07-17-42-36.bpo-36582.L_dxR6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-05-07-17-42-36.bpo-36582.L_dxR6.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix ``UserString.encode()`` to correctly return ``bytes`` rather than a ``UserString`` instance.
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