diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7d2176f7352..5a375eb833f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ Library
 - Issue 23898: Fix inspect.classify_class_attrs() to support attributes
   with overloaded __eq__ and __bool__.  Patch by Mike Bayer.
 
+IDLE
+----
+
+- Issue #23184: remove unused names and imports in idlelib.
+  Initial patch by Al Sweigart.
+
 Tests
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