diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 021c8e1c005..88f1eb27c8a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 1?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Bug #1776: __import__ must not accept filenames. Python 2.6 does no longer
-  support module loading by filename. It worked on some system by coincident
-  but it was never intended to work.
+- Bug #1776: __import__() no longer accepts filenames on any platform.
+  The first parameter to __import__() must be a valid module name.
 
 - Patch #1668: renamed THREADDEBUG envvar to PYTHONTHREADDEBUG.