diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 54c70fced93..08f057d9a38 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #22642: Convert trace module option parsing mechanism to argparse.
+  Patch contributed by SilentGhost.
+
 - Issue #24705: Fix sysconfig._parse_makefile not expanding ${} vars
   appearing before $() vars.