diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ceae78a6601..f71924812c9 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ activate this behavior.
 +++
 *** New major mode 'html-ts-mode'.
 An optional major mode based on the tree-sitter library for editing
-files written in HTML.
+HTML files.
 
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 ** The highly accessible Modus themes collection has six items.