diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f626c41d0fd..da6fe29a66a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.4.0 Alpha 1?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #11939: Set the st_dev attribute of stat_result to allow Windows to
+  take advantage of the os.path.samefile/sameopenfile/samestat implementations
+  used by other platforms.
+
 - Issue #16772: The int() constructor's second argument (base) no longer
   accepts non integer values.  Consistent with the behavior in Python 2.