Closes #16112: platform.architecture does not correctly escape argument to /usr/bin/file
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index c42e32a..ca7431b 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 Thomas Bellman
 Alexander “Саша” Belopolsky
 Eli Bendersky
+David Benjamin
 Andrew Bennetts
 Andy Bensky
 Bennett Benson
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e7fc4f8..bc5470a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@
 - Issue #15509: webbrowser.UnixBrowser no longer passes empty arguments to
   Popen when %action substitutions produce empty strings.
 
+- Issue #16112: platform.architecture does not correctly escape argument to
+  /usr/bin/file.  Patch by David Benjamin.
+
 - Issue #12776,#11839: call argparse type function (specified by add_argument)
   only once. Before, the type function was called twice in the case where the
   default was specified and the argument was given as well.  This was