2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index a23b470..cdee1bb 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1179,6 +1179,7 @@ Sam Rushing
 Mark Russell
 Rusty Russell
 Nick Russo
+James Rutherford
 Chris Ryland
 Constantina S.
 Patrick Sabin
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 46c3c0a..fce7956 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #23539: If body is None, http.client.HTTPConnection.request now sets
+  Content-Length to 0 for PUT, POST, and PATCH headers to avoid 411 errors from
+  some web servers.
+
 - Issue #22351: The nntplib.NNTP constructor no longer leaves the connection
   and socket open until the garbage collector cleans them up.  Patch by
   Martin Panter.