diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ddb83ce410d..7037f1ebeb6 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -788,8 +788,8 @@ so automatically.
 
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 *** New user option 'cperl-file-style'.
-The determines the indentation style to be used.  This can also be
-used as a file-local variable.
+This option determines the indentation style to be used.  It can also
+be used as a file-local variable.
 
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 *** 'gud-go' is now bound to 'C-c C-v'.