Issue #13988: cElementTree is deprecated and the _elementtree accelerator is automatically used whenever available.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5503ee9..a70d162 100644
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@@ -1886,6 +1886,9 @@
 - Issue #12191: Added shutil.chown() to change user and/or group owner of a
   given path also specifying their names.
 
+- Issue #13988: The _elementtree accelerator is used whenever available.
+  Now xml.etree.cElementTree becomes a deprecated alias to ElementTree.
+
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