#12753: Add support for Unicode name aliases and named sequences.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index b433c6c..d08ee62 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@
 
 * Stub
 
+Added support for Unicode name aliases and named sequences.
+Both :func:`unicodedata.lookup()` and '\N{...}' now resolve name aliases,
+and :func:`unicodedata.lookup()` resolves named sequences too.
+
+(Contributed by Ezio Melotti in :issue:`12753`)
+
 
 New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules
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