diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index e8132fb5bfa..7f021a0b32e 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ Vivek Khera
 Akira Kitada
 Mads Kiilerich
 Taek Joo Kim
+W. Trevor King
 Paul Kippes
 Steve Kirsch
 Sebastian Kirsche
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index aed06d05ccb..a397539cb00 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
 - Issue #6612: Fix site and sysconfig to catch os.getcwd() error, eg. if the
-  current directory was deleted.
+  current directory was deleted. Patch written by W. Trevor King.
 
 Library
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