diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 367d933ec2ed54..d2c150b8e2a91c 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ Released on 2019-??-??
 ======================================
 
 
+bpl-36152: Remove colorizer.ColorDelegator.close_when_done and the
+corresponding argument of .close().  In IDLE, both have always been
+None or False since 2007.
+
+bpo-36096: Make colorizer state variables instance-only.
+
 bpo-24310: Document settings dialog font tab sample.
 
 bpo-35689: Add docstrings and tests for colorizer.