diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bce1688118dc538aab418abe5f7d935f44e1177d..79717c38f8bd7bba30b585d06aecd836cda7f2b4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ Windows
 Build
 -----
 
+- Issue #27705: Update message in validate_ucrtbase.py
+
 - Issue #27983: Cause lack of llvm-profdata tool when using clang as
   required for PGO linking to be a configure time error rather than
   make time when --with-optimizations is enabled.  Also improve our
diff --git a/PC/validate_ucrtbase.py b/PC/validate_ucrtbase.py
index 6145d5914f0efd217c33700fb9219f561b68c335..0ba54ab3bb42df8ea3c8954b0ad5ab628e3222ec 100644
--- a/PC/validate_ucrtbase.py
+++ b/PC/validate_ucrtbase.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ print('{} is version {}.{}.{}.{}'.format(name.value, *ver))
 
 if ver < (10, 0, 10586):
     print('WARN: ucrtbased contains known issues. '
-          'Please update Visual Studio or the Windows SDK.')
+          'Please update the Windows 10 SDK.')
     print('See:')
-    print('  http://bugs.python.org/issue26624')
+    print('  http://bugs.python.org/issue27705')
+    print('  https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk')
     sys.exit(1)