#2959: allow multiple close() calls for GzipFile.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6b40164..732cfa7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
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+- Issue #2959: For consistency with other file-like objects, gzip's
+  GzipFile.close() can now be called multiple times without raising
+  an exception.
+
 - Issue #1390: Raise ValueError in toxml when an invalid comment would
   otherwise be produced.