diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 99fc1754bad..87023ade5fd 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -3921,7 +3921,7 @@ the display of messages and the clearing of the echo area, such as
 caused by calling 'message' with a nil argument.
 
 ---
-** 'minibuffer-message' no longer blocks while displaying message
+** 'minibuffer-message' no longer blocks while displaying message.
 'minibuffer-message' now uses a timer to clear the message printed to
 the minibuffer, instead of waiting with 'sit-for' and then clearing it.
 This makes 'minibuffer-message' usable in Lisp programs which want to