diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f200392..984d2ef 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 - In the unicode/str.format(), raise a ValueError when indexes to arguments are
   too large.
 
+Build
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+
+- Issue #8854: Fix finding Visual Studio 2008 on Windows x64.
+
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