2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index cd74072..cb827da 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ Andrew Svetlov
 Kalle Svensson
 Paul Swartz
 Thenault Sylvain
+Péter Szabó
 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
 Geoff Talvola
 William Tanksley
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6be66b3..26ce4e0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7943: Fix circular reference created when instantiating an SSL
+  socket.  Initial patch by Péter Szabó.
+
 - Issue #8451: Syslog module now uses basename(sys.argv[0]) instead of
   the string "python" as the *ident*.  openlog() arguments are all optional
   and keywords.