diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a3e01ea1abc..df3807163c8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ Extension Modules
 Build
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+- 'configure' now detects the zlib library the same way as distutils. 
+  Previously, the slight difference could cause compilation errors of the
+  'zlib' module on systems with more than one version of zlib.
+
 - The MSI compileall step was fixed to also support a TARGETDIR
   with spaces in it.