diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 1eff9261147..c7cca9c4dd4 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ an offset to absolute line numbers.
 ** table
 
 +++
-*** 'table-generate-source' now supports wiki and mediawiki
+*** 'table-generate-source' now supports wiki and mediawiki.
 This command can now output wiki and mediawiki format tables.
 
 ** telnet-mode