diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9c3193d..ff6eb95 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Added backport of bytearray type.
+
 - Issue #2355: add Py3k warning for buffer().
 
 - Issue #1477: With narrow Unicode builds, the unicode escape sequence
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Backport of Python 3.0's io module.
+
 - Issue #2482: Make sure that the coefficient of a Decimal is always
   stored as a str instance, not as a unicode instance.  This ensures
   that str(Decimal) is always an instance of str.