diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 976fc56..600e0bf 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@
 Fredrik Johansson
 Gregory K. Johnson
 Kent Johnson
+Michael Johnson
 Simon Johnston
 Matt Joiner
 Thomas Jollans
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d3e98b3..792b62f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #15927: CVS now correctly parses escaped newlines and carriage
+  when parsing with quoting turned off.
+
 - Issue #17467: add readline and readlines support to mock_open in
   unittest.mock.