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@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Changelog (Pillow)
 2.2.0 (2013-10-01)
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+- Fix for encoding of b_whitespace, similar to closed issue #272
+  [mhogg] 
+
 - Fix #273: Add numpy array interface support for 16 and 32 bit integer modes
   [cgohlke]