diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d2dfbec7d1b..284b774c197 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ Standard library
   and XXX_left methods differ in what happens when the new element
   compares equal to one or more elements already in the list:  the
   XXX_left methods insert to the left, the XXX_right methods to the
-  right.
+  right.  Code that doesn't care where equal elements end up should
+  continue to use the old, short names ("bisect" and "insort").
 
 
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