diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 08a2078..f1ee836 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #12720: Expose low-level Linux extended file attribute functions in os.
+
 - Issue #10946: The distutils commands bdist_dumb, bdist_wininst and bdist_msi
   now respect a --skip-build option given to bdist.  The packaging commands
   were fixed too.