diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c2cb9aa..d291f1d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7099: Decimal.is_normal now returns True for numbers with exponent
+  larger than emax.
+
 - Issue #5833: Fix extra space character in readline completion with the
   GNU readline library version 6.0.