diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index da9cf121a94..8318f092d52 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ C-API
 Library
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+- Removed the functions 'verify' and 'vereq' from Lib/test/support.py.
+
 - Issue #7773: Fix an UnboundLocalError in platform.linux_distribution() when
   the release file is empty.