diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Projected Release date: 2013-10-XX
 Library
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+- Issue #18978: ``urllib.request.Request`` now allows the method to be
+  indicated on the class and no longer sets it to None in ``__init__``.
+
 - The :envvar:`PYTHONFAULTHANDLER` environment variable now only enables the
   faulthandler module if the variable is non-empty. Same behaviour than other
   variables like :envvar:`PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE`.