diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 327c199..1ff242a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 Build
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+- "make install" is now an alias for "make altinstall", to prevent
+  accidentally overwriting a Python 2.x installation.
+  Use "make fullinstall" to force Python 3.0 to be installed as
+  "python".
+
 - Issue #2544: On HP-UX systems, use 'gcc -shared' for linking when
   gcc is used as compiler.