diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ What's New in Python 3.7.0 alpha 1
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #28665: Improve speed of the STORE_DEREF opcode by 40%.
+
 - Issue #19398: Extra slash no longer added to sys.path components in case of
   empty compile-time PYTHONPATH components.