diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex
index ee60980a3b9..241b36b0f96 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ XXX
 
   \item XXX C API: Reorganization of object calling 
 
+  \item XXX .encode(), .decode() string methods.  Interesting new codecs such
+as zlib.
+
 %Original log message:
  
 %The call_object() function, originally in ceval.c, begins a new life