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+``pipenv --help`` will now include short help descriptions.
diff --git a/news/2561.bugfix b/news/2561.bugfix
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+Fixed a bug which sometimes caused pipenv to throw a ``TypeError`` or to run into encoding issues when writing lockfiles on python 2.
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+Simplified the test configuration process.
+
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+Updated test-pypi addon to better support json-api access (forward compatibility).
+Improved testing process for new contributors.