diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c410843f8f0..a69029c1b38 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ done from early-init.el, such as adding to 'package-directory-list'.
 
 * Changes in Emacs 31.1
 
-** Emacs now supports Unicode Standard version 17.0.
-
 ** 'prettify-symbols-mode' attempts to ignore undisplayable characters.
 Previously, such characters would be rendered as, e.g., white boxes.
 
@@ -647,7 +645,7 @@ pair with 'completing-read', and removes it from the translation table.
 ** Internationalization
 
 ---
-*** Emacs now supports Unicode version 16.0.
+*** Emacs now supports Unicode Standard version 17.0.
 
 ---
 *** New input method 'greek-polytonic'.