diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index eff20ee93e1..5a9e1aea351 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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-- Issue #16828: Fix error incorrectly raised by bz2.compress(''). Initial patch
-  by Martin Packman.
+- Issue #16828: Fix error incorrectly raised by bz2.compress(b'') and
+  bz2.BZ2Compressor.compress(b''). Initial patch by Martin Packman.
 
 - Issue #16541: tk_setPalette() now works with keyword arguments.