diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 931d67e06f7..4f7cf337b46 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ What's New in IDLE 1.1b3/rc1?
 
 *Release date: XX-XXX-2004*
 
+- Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
+  button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
+  config-keys.cfg).  Also true for Theme/highlights.  Python Bug 1064535.
+
 - A change to the linecache.py API caused IDLE to exit when an exception was
   raised while running without the subprocess (-n switch).  Python Bug 1063840.