diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 40e604a3634..7e041f37b3f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ What's New in Python 3.3.1?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Issue #16597: Make BufferedIO.close call close() on the underlying stream if
-  invoking flush() fails.
+- Issue #16597: In buffered and text IO, call close() on the underlying stream
+  if invoking flush() fails.
 
 - Issue #16722: In the bytes() constructor, try to call __bytes__ on the
   argument before __index__.