diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
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+- bpo-23894: lib2to3 now recognizes ``rb'...'`` and ``f'...'`` strings.
+
 - [Security] bpo-29591: Update expat copy from 2.1.1 to 2.2.0 to get fixes
   of CVE-2016-0718 and CVE-2016-4472. See
   https://sourceforge.net/p/expat/bugs/537/ for more information.