diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 39f7d19da14..448ef29889f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Core and builtins
 Extension modules
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-...
+- ``collections.deque`` objects didn't play quite right with garbage
+  collection, which could lead to a segfault in a release build, or
+  an assert failure in a debug build.
 
 Library
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