diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f5eb3a96b3c..6daed85ea0b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #2236: distutils' mkpath ignored the mode parameter.
+
 - Issue #10321: Added support for binary data to smtplib.SMTP.sendmail,
   and a new method send_message to send an email.message.Message object.