diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #1735: TarFile.extractall() now correctly sets directory permissions
+  and times.
+
 - Bug #1713: posixpath.ismount() claims symlink to a mountpoint is a mountpoint.
 
 - Bug #1687: Fxed plistlib.py restricts <integer> to Python int when writing