diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ Extension modules
 
 Library
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+  
+- Bug #981530: Fix UnboundLocalError in shutil.rmtree().  This affects
+  the documented behavior: the function passed to the onerror()
+  handler can now also be os.listdir.
 
 - Bug #754449: threading.Thread objects no longer mask exceptions raised during
   interpreter shutdown with another exception from attempting to handle the