diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
index 7c6a2af2875..40823587fb9 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -313,6 +313,14 @@ ipaddress
 * Add the :attr:`ipaddress.IPv4Address.ipv6_mapped` property, which returns the IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
   (Contributed by Charles Machalow in :gh:`109466`.)
 
+itertools
+---------
+
+* Added a ``strict`` option to :func:`itertools.batched`.
+  This raises a :exc:`ValueError` if the final batch is shorter
+  than the specified batch size.
+  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`113202`.)
+
 marshal
 -------