diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 378868e..110efbe 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #1309352: fcntl now converts its third arguments to a C `long` rather
+  than an int, which makes some operations possible under 64-bit Linux (e.g.
+  DN_MULTISHOT with F_NOTIFY).
+
 - Issue #5761: Add the name of the underlying file to the repr() of various
   IO objects.