diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f06499a..d0ea40b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@
 Library
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+- Added support for the POSIX.1-2001 (pax) format to tarfile.py. Extended
+  and cleaned up the test suite. Added a new testtar.tar.
+
 - Patch #1449244: Support Unicode strings in
   email.message.Message.{set_charset,get_content_charset}.