diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Core and builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #1747858: Fix chown to work with large uid's and gid's on 64-bit
+  platforms.
+
 - Bug #2220: handle rlcompleter attribute match failure more gracefully.
 
 - Bug #1725737: In distutil's sdist, exclude RCS, CVS etc. also in the