diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cae7dcfbda2..3b5c2406c8f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ Build
 
 - ``Lib/lib-old`` is now added to sys.path.
 
+C API
+-----
+
+- The PyBytes functions have been renamed to PyByteArray
+
+- The PyString functions have been renamed to PyBytes. A batch of
+  defines were added so that the linker still sees the original
+  PyString names.
+
 
 What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 3?
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