diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #9846: zipfile is now correctly closing underlying file objects.
+
 - Issue #10459: Update CJK character names to Unicode 6.0.
 
 - Issue #4493: urllib.request adds '/' in front of path components which does not