diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 605d4049ada..8149e5d8c5b 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ according to syntax defined by the grammar.
 This mode automatically close block comment, typing
 `block-comment-start' closes it inserting their corresponding
 `block-comment-end'.  Thus, allows closing block comments for major
-modes ​​that support it, such as: c-mode, c++-mode, java-mode, js-mode,
+modes that support it, such as: c-mode, c++-mode, java-mode, js-mode,
 css-mode, and derived: html-mode, mhtml-mode, xml-mode and nxml-mode,
 pascal-mode, lua-ts-mode, lisp-mode and common-lisp-mode