diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c72a87787f3..ebb9d49d560 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ operating systems instead.
 
 ---
 ** New configuration option '--disable-gc-mark-trace'.
-This disables the GC mark trace buffer for about 5 % better garbage
+This disables the GC mark trace buffer for about 5% better garbage
 collection performance.  Doing so may make it more difficult for Emacs
 developers to help finding GC-related bugs that you run into, which is
-why it the mark trace buffer is enabled by default.
+why the mark trace buffer is enabled by default.
 
 
 * Startup Changes in Emacs 30.1