diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index eb651873706..b91a5cbb721 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Emacs buffers, like indentation and the like.  The new ert function
 
 ---
 ** The 'inhibit-changing-match-data' variable is now obsolete.
-Instead functions like 'string-match' and 'looking-at' now takes an
+Instead, functions like 'string-match' and 'looking-at' now take an
 optional 'inhibit-modify' argument.
 
 ---