2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 35cecee..5c87ed1 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ Chad J. Schroeder
 Sam Schulenburg
 Stefan Schwarzer
 Dietmar Schwertberger
+Federico Schwindt
 Barry Scott
 Steven Scott
 Nick Seidenman
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f7c7aac..b20273d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1120,6 +1120,9 @@ Extension Modules
 - Patch #1544279: Improve thread-safety of the socket module by moving
   the sock_addr_t storage out of the socket object.
 
+- Patch #1019808: fix bug that causes an incorrect error to be returned 
+  when a socket timeout is set and a connection attempt fails.
+
 - Speed up function calls into the math module.
 
 - Bug #1588217: don't parse "= " as a soft line break in binascii's