diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a18e9e7..7982af1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Patch #1494554: Update unicodedata.numeric and unicode.isnumeric to
+  Unicode 4.1.
+
 - Patch #921466: sys.path_importer_cache is now used to cache valid and
   invalid file paths for the built-in import machinery which leads to
   fewer open calls on startup.