diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0eb2d3ad358..56c156f523f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #28148: Stop using localtime() and gmtime() in the time
+  module.
+
+  Introduced platform independent _PyTime_localtime API that is
+  similar to POSIX localtime_r, but available on all platforms.  Patch
+  by Ed Schouten.
+
 - Issue #28253: Fixed calendar functions for extreme months: 0001-01
   and 9999-12.