diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4310f6a..8b0446c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@
 - Issue #7354: distutils.tests.test_msvc9compiler - dragfullwindows can 
   be 2.
 
-- Issue #5037: Proxy the __unicode__ special method instead to __unicode__
-  instead of __str__.
+- Issue #5037: Proxy the __bytes__ special method instead to __bytes__ instead
+  of __str__.
 
 - Issue #7341: Close the internal file object in the TarFile constructor in
   case of an error.