diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 6428ef651aa..b99228f5a7a 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ the signature) the automatically inferred function type as well.
 
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 *** 'describe-function' now shows the type of the function object.
-The text used to say things like "car is is a built-in function" whereas
+The text used to say things like "car is a built-in function" whereas
 it now says "car is a primitive-function" where "primitive-function" is
 the symbol returned by 'cl-type-of'.  You can click on those words to
 get information about that type.