diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bb381225ce4..21bcb4b6cc9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 1?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Bug #1165306: instancemethod_new allowed the creation of a method
+  with im_class == im_self == NULL, which caused a crash when called.
+
 - Move exception finalisation later in the shutdown process - this 
   fixes the crash seen in bug #1165761
 
@@ -54,6 +57,9 @@ Core and builtins
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Bug #1166660: The readline module could segfault if hook functions
+  were set in a different thread than that which called readline.
+
 - collections.deque objects now support a remove() method.
 
 - operator.itemgetter() and operator.attrgetter() now support retrieving