diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
index 4d72d6f..20174d8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
@@ -173,10 +173,6 @@
                                          wbits=zlib.MAX_WBITS,
                                          bufsize=zlib.DEF_BUF_SIZE),
                          HAMLET_SCENE)
-        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            zlib.decompress(data=x,
-                            wbits=zlib.MAX_WBITS,
-                            bufsize=zlib.DEF_BUF_SIZE)
 
     def test_speech128(self):
         # compress more data
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index efa0f76..2246f22 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Issue #16764: Support keyword arguments to zlib.decompress().  Patch by
-  Xiang Zhang.
-
 - Issue #27704: Optimized creating bytes and bytearray from byte-like objects
   and iterables.  Speed up to 3 times for short objects.  Original patch by
   Naoki Inada.
@@ -71,6 +68,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #16764: Support keyword arguments to zlib.decompress().  Patch by
+  Xiang Zhang.
+
 - Issue #27736: Prevent segfault after interpreter re-initialization due
   to ref count problem introduced in code for Issue #27038 in 3.6.0a3.
   Patch by Xiang Zhang.