diff --git a/doc/NEWS-1.8.7 b/doc/NEWS-1.8.7
index 323dee5af5..460a7c9328 100644
--- a/doc/NEWS-1.8.7
+++ b/doc/NEWS-1.8.7
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
 
       Automatic detection between binary digest values and hexadecimal
       digest values has been dropped.  It is always assumed that a
-      binary digest value is given for comparison.
+      hexadecimal digest value is given for comparison.
 
     * self == md