diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index a674dd6e333..2686ddc1194 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -1534,6 +1534,15 @@ sched
   :issue:`13245`)
 
 
+shlex
+-----
+
+* The previously undocumented helper function ``quote`` from the
+  :mod:`pipes` modules has been moved to the :mod:`shlex` module and
+  documented.  :func:`~shlex.quote` properly escapes all characters in a string
+  that might be otherwise given special meaning by the shell.
+
+
 shutil
 ------
 
@@ -1565,7 +1574,6 @@ shutil
   in :issue:`4489`.)
 
 
-
 signal
 ------