diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a33bf71..89f4c49 100644
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@@ -434,6 +434,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue 1781: ConfigParser now does not let you add the "default" section
+  (ignore-case)
+
 - Removed uses of dict.has_key() from distutils, and uses of
   callable() from copy_reg.py, so the interpreter now starts up
   without warnings when '-3' is given.  More work like this needs to