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@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Current release
 What's new in psycopg 2.8
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+New features:
+
+- Added `~psycopg2.extensions.encrypt_password()` function (:ticket:`#576`).
+
 Other changes:
 
 - Dropped support for Python 2.6, 3.2, 3.3.