diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index bc96b93..a8ea6d7 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1130,6 +1130,7 @@
 Davide Rizzo
 Anthony Roach
 Carl Robben
+Ben Roberts
 Mark Roberts
 Andy Robinson
 Jim Robinson
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index da1fc32..727d529 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #2527: Add a *globals* argument to timeit functions, in order to
+  override the globals namespace in which the timed code is executed.
+  Patch by Ben Roberts.
+
 - Issue #22118: Switch urllib.parse to use RFC 3986 semantics for the
   resolution of relative URLs, rather than RFCs 1808 and 2396.
   Patch by Demian Brecht.