diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 551ecb73abf..4db0b033056 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.5.6c1?
 Library
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+- Issue #11442: Add a charset parameter to the Content-type in SimpleHTTPServer
+  to avoid XSS attacks.
+
 - Issue #11662: Make urllib and urllib2 ignore redirections if the
   scheme is not HTTP, HTTPS or FTP (CVE-2011-1521).