diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex
index d625da86699..d70a84951f0 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex
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@@ -2275,7 +2275,8 @@ article: Jeff Bauer, Simon Brunning, Brett Cannon, Michael Chermside,
 Andrew Dalke, Scott David Daniels, Fred~L. Drake, Jr., Kelly Gerber,
 Raymond Hettinger, Michael Hudson, Chris Lambert, Detlef Lannert,
 Martin von L\"owis, Andrew MacIntyre, Lalo Martins, Gustavo Niemeyer,
-Neal Norwitz, Hans Nowak, Chris Reedy, Vinay Sajip, Neil Schemenauer,
+Neal Norwitz, Hans Nowak, Chris Reedy, Francesco Ricciardi, 
+Vinay Sajip, Neil Schemenauer,
 Roman Suzi, Jason Tishler, Just van~Rossum.
 
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