diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index f1be50babd6..b906467dcd1 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ This enables more efficient backends.  See the docstring of
 
 ** Package
 
-*** New macro `package-get-version` lets packages query their own version
+*** New macro `package-get-version` lets packages query their own version.
 Example use in auctex.el: (defconst auctex-version (package-get-version))
 
 *** New 'package-quickstart' feature.