diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d89ef68e70f..a69d5794837 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #7367: Fix pkgutil.walk_paths to skip directories whose
+  contents cannot be read.
+
+- Issue #7425: Prevent pydoc -k failures due to module import errors.
+  (Backport to 2.7 of existing 3.x fix)
+
 - Issue #13099: Fix sqlite3.Cursor.lastrowid under a Turkish locale.
   Reported and diagnosed by Thomas Kluyver.