2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 426d0dd022..09f478209a 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Without you, I would've stopped working on Python long ago!
 
 PS: In the standard Python distribution, this file is encoded in UTF-8.
 
+Joaquin Cuenca Abela
 David Abrahams
 Jim Ahlstrom
 Farhan Ahmad
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b1431a3e00..1f16de8d8d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7143: get_payload used to strip any trailing newline from a
+  base64 transfer-encoded payload *after* decoding it; it no longer does.
+  This is a behavior change, so email's minor version number is now
+  bumped, to version 4.0.2, for the 2.7 release.
+
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
@@ -28,6 +33,7 @@ Extension Modules
   and standard packing.)
 
 
+
 What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 4?
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