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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4b6b8fc..33a1593 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
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+- bpo-21071: struct.Struct.format type is now :class:`str` instead of
+  :class:`bytes`.
+
 - bpo-29212: Fix concurrent.futures.thread.ThreadPoolExecutor threads to have
   a non repr() based thread name by default when no thread_name_prefix is
   supplied.  They will now identify themselves as "ThreadPoolExecutor-y_n".