2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 7eab407..e26940a 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Luigi Ballabio
 Jeff Balogh
 Michael J. Barber
 Chris Barker
+Nick Barnes
 Quentin Barnes
 Richard Barran
 Cesar Eduardo Barros
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index befef21..378ed32 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 beta 1?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #4426: The UTF-7 decoder was too strict and didn't accept some legal
+  sequences. Patch by Nick Barnes and Victor Stinner.
+
 - Issue #3672: Reject surrogates in utf-8 codec; add surrogates error handler.
 
 - Issue #5883: In the io module, the BufferedIOBase and TextIOBase ABCs have