diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index a3dc75b8c11..adbf9c1fa51 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ Vladimir Kushnir
 Cameron Laird
 Torsten Landschoff
 Tino Lange
+Łukasz Langa
 Andrew Langmead
 Detlef Lannert
 Soren Larsen
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ee46e94d7a9..70a646f65d9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -473,6 +473,8 @@ C-API
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7113: Speed up loading in configparser. Patch by Łukasz Langa.
+
 - Issue #9032: XML-RPC client retries the request on EPIPE error. The EPIPE
   error occurs when the server closes the socket and the client sends a big
   XML-RPC request.