Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
check, resulting in obscure error messages.  Do the syntax check
first.  Bug 1562716, 1562719
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 3b3d79a..a869c13 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 *Release date: XX-XXX-200X*
 
+- Some syntax errors were being caught by tokenize during the tabnanny
+  check, resulting in obscure error messages.  Do the syntax check
+  first.  Bug 1562716, 1562719
+
 - IDLE's version number takes a big jump to match the version number of
   the Python release of which it's a part.