diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -1108,6 +1108,9 @@ Tools/Demos
 Documentation
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+- Issue #17047: remove doubled words in docs and docstrings
+  reported by Serhiy Storchaka and Matthew Barnett.
+
 - Issue #16406: Combine the pages for uploading and registering to PyPI.
 
 - Issue #16403: Document how distutils uses the maintainer field in