diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index a8d645a3e36..16f3f62f22a 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ Dan Pierson
 Martijn Pieters
 François Pinard
 Michael Piotrowski
+Iustin Pop
 John Popplewell
 Amrit Prem
 Paul Prescod
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 16fc1197ebe..014a099c580 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ Extension modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Plugged a minor hole in tempfile.mktemp() due to the use of
+  os.path.exists(), switched to using os.lstat() directly if possible.
+
 - heapq.py has been converted to C for improved performance
 
 - traceback.format_exc has been added (similar to print_exc but it returns