diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
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@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 Other changes:
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+* <setproxy> lets you set the username and password for proxies that want authentication
 
 * <loadproperties> has a new encoding attribute.