diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 0aa7966195ce..a47e2c5dc28f 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -860,3 +860,4 @@ Siebren van der Zee
 Uwe Zessin
 Tarek Ziadé
 Peter Åstrand
+Fredrik Håård
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e2f0f0ccf8e5..7b74743359e6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ C-API
 Library
 -------
 
-- Issue #6662: Fix parsing of malformatted charref (&#bad;)
+- Issue #6662: Fix parsing of malformatted charref (&#bad;), patch written by
+  Fredrik Håård
 
 - Issue #8016: Add the CP858 codec.