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 Almost all changes made to the code base deserve an entry in ``Misc/NEWS``.
-The ``What's New in Python`` document is the place for more subjective
-judgments of the "importance" of changes. There are two notable exceptions
+If the change is particularly interesting for end users (e.g. new feature or
+significative improvements), an entry in the ``What's New in Python`` document
+(in ``Doc/whatsnew/``) should be added as well. There are two notable exceptions
 to this general principle, and they both relate to changes that *already*
 have a NEWS entry, and have not yet been included in any formal release
 (including alpha and beta releases). These exceptions are: