diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index a9713b03368..e79f20a237d 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ Alex Coventry
 Matthew Dixon Cowles
 Christopher A. Craig
 Laura Creighton
+Simon Cross
 Drew Csillag
 John Cugini
 Tom Culliton
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d94284940f4..b9affe56ac7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 beta 2?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #2517: Allow unicode messages in Exceptions again by correctly
+  bypassing the instance dictionary when looking up __unicode__ on
+  new-style classes.
+
 - Issue #3242: Fix a crash inside the print statement, if sys.stdout is
   set to a custom object whose write() method happens to install
   another file in sys.stdout.