diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.7.4
   (:ticket:`632`).
 - Fixed `~cursor.rowcount` after `~cursor.executemany()` with :sql:`RETURNING` statements
   (:ticket:`633`).
+- Fixed compatibility problem with pypy3 (:ticket:`#649`).
 - Wheel packages compiled against PostgreSQL 10.1 libpq and OpenSSL 1.0.2m.