2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 6486e794ca..15c0aedf99 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -856,3 +856,4 @@ Uwe Zessin
 Tarek Ziadé
 Peter Åstrand
 Fredrik Håård
+Alexander Shigin
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 262bd5e054..5eb967228e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ C-API
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #2944: asyncore doesn't handle connection refused correctly.
+
 - Issue #3196: email header decoding is now forgiving if an RFC2047
   encoded word encoded in base64 is lacking padding.