diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e17cfdfc27d..21f54032821 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Library
   which don't restrict the return types (unlike the unicode and
   string methods of the same name).
 
+- asyncore's dispatcher.set_reuse_addr() now works correctly on Windows.
+  SF patch 982681.
+
 Tools/Demos
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