diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #17508: Corrected MemoryHandler configuration in dictConfig() where
+  the target handler wasn't configured first.
+
 - Issue #5713: smtplib now handles 421 (closing connection) error codes when
   sending mail by closing the socket and reporting the 421 error code via the
   exception appropriate to the command that received the error response.