diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c6051c97f5b..0c055ca682b 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -297,10 +297,10 @@ To get the old, less-secure behavior, you can set the
 (Instead you can use Tramp methods to run root commands in a non-root Emacs.)
 
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-*** 'xft-ignore-color-fonts' now ignores even more color fonts.
+** 'xft-ignore-color-fonts' now ignores even more color fonts.
 There are color fonts that managed to bypass the existing checks,
 causing XFT crashes, they are now filtered out.  Setting
-'xft-ignore-color-conts' to nil removes those checks, which might
+'xft-ignore-color-fonts' to nil removes those checks, which might
 require setting 'face-ignored-fonts' to filter out problematic fonts.
 Known problematic fonts are "Noto Color Emoji" and "Emoji One".