diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 23201801c98..3235111f7de 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 1?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #1882: when compiling code from a string, encoding cookies in the
+  second line of code were not always recognized correctly.
+
 - Issue #1679: "0x" was taken as a valid integer literal.
 
 - Issue #1865: Bytes as an alias for str and b"" as an alias "" were