diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 1597eb9..04d9bb8 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
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@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
+What's New in IDLE 3.8.1
+Released on 2019-12-16?
+======================================
+
+
+bpo-38598: Do not try to compile IDLE shell or output windows
+
+
 What's New in IDLE 3.8.0 (since 3.7.0)
-Released on 2019-10-20?
+Released on 2019-10-14
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 bpo-36698: IDLE no longer fails when writing non-encodable characters