diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #7909: Do not touch paths with the special prefixes ``\\.\``
+  or ``\\?\`` in ntpath.normpath().
+
 - Issue #1286: Allow using fileinput.FileInput as a context manager.
 
 - Add lfu_cache() and lru_cache() decorators to the functools module.