diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.4.7
     Alexey Borzenkov (:ticket:`#173`).
   - Manually creating `lobject` with the wrong parameter doesn't segfault
     (:ticket:`#187`).
+  - Avoid blocking async connections on connect (:ticket:`#194`). Thanks to
+    Adam Petrovich for the bug report and diagnosis.
   - Fixed debug build on Windows, thanks to James Emerton.