diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 53e386a..e0bd435 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 Eric Bouck
 Thierry Bousch
 Sebastian Boving
+Jeff Bradberry
 Monty Brandenberg
 Georg Brandl
 Christopher Brannon
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0ce1168..66ee553 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #6300: unicode.encode, unicode.docode, str.decode, and str.encode now
+  take keyword arguments.
+
 - Issue #6922: Fix an infinite loop when trying to decode an invalid
   UTF-32 stream with a non-raising error handler like "replace" or "ignore".