diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9540f4bf545..0319fc1adb9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ Core and builtins
 Library
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+- Bug #1610795: make ctypes.util.find_library work on BSD systems.
+
 - Fixes for 64-bit Windows: In ctypes.wintypes, correct the
   definitions of HANDLE, WPARAM, LPARAM data types.  Make
   parameterless foreign function calls work.