allow developers to more easily build a profiling version of the interpreter
and modules by configuring with the --enable-profiling flag.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 873022a..3619c47 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -515,6 +515,9 @@
 Build
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+- Profiling using gprof is now available if Python is configured with
+  --enable-profiling.
+
 - Profiling the VM using the Pentium TSC is now possible if Python
   is configured --with-tsc.