diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 2f4a3fb..c42b02b 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
 Arnaud Delobelle
 Konrad Delong
 Erik Demaine
+Martin Dengler
 John Dennis
 L. Peter Deutsch
 Roger Dev
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6e333a4..e6c9469 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #21722: The distutils "upload" command now exits with a non-zero
+  return code when uploading fails.  Patch by Martin Dengler.
+
 - Issue #21723: asyncio.Queue: support any type of number (ex: float) for the
   maximum size. Patch written by Vajrasky Kok.