diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index a3864d5d854..f34163ae004 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ Roger Dev
 Raghuram Devarakonda
 Toby Dickenson
 Mark Dickinson
+Humberto Diogenes
 Yves Dionne
 Daniel Dittmar
 Jaromir Dolecek
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c6f91ef6fd8..36c5cdea27e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Patch #2849: Remove use of rfc822 module from standard library.
+
 - Added C optimized implementation of io.StringIO.
 
 - The ``pickle`` module is now automatically use an optimized C