diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c14e999c94b..e3b110de98f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #10340: asyncore - properly handle EINVAL in dispatcher constructor on
+  OSX; avoid to call handle_connect in case of a disconnected socket which
+  was not meant to connect.
+
 - Issue #12757: Fix the skipping of doctests when python is run with -OO so
   that it works in unittest's verbose mode as well as non-verbose mode.