diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 111112b0d42..1595649bdce 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,7 +12,21 @@ What's New in Python 3000?
 TO DO
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-- Make strings all Unicode.  (First have to introduce the bytes type.)
+- See PEP 3000.
+
+- Test merging certain changes from the 2.5 HEAD code.
+
+- Weed really old/weird stuff from the library.
+
+- Unify range() and xrange().
+
+- Revamp the dict API: keys(), values(), items() return iterators, etc.
+
+- Add the bytes type.
+
+- Rework the standard I/O library to use bytes for binary files.
+
+- Make strings all Unicode.
 
 - Get rid of classic class implementation.
 
@@ -31,6 +45,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 
 - Absolute import is the default behavior for 'import foo' etc.
 
+- input(), raw_input() and apply() are gone.
+
 Extension Modules
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