mention that object.__init__ no longer takes arbitrary args and kwargs

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
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--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -3156,6 +3156,10 @@ that may require changes to your code:
   before adding elements from the iterable.  This change makes the
   behavior match ``list.__init__()``.
 
+* :meth:`object.__init__` previously accepted arbitrary arguments and keyword
+  arguments.  In Python 2.6, this is no longer allowed and will result in a
+  :exc:`TypeError`.  See issue :issue:`1683368`.
+
 * The :class:`Decimal` constructor now accepts leading and trailing
   whitespace when passed a string.  Previously it would raise an
   :exc:`InvalidOperation` exception.  On the other hand, the