diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file or Redmine
 
     * incompatible changes:
         * `system()` and `exec()` do not close non-standard file descriptors
-          (The default of `:close_others` option is changed to false by
+          (The default of `:close_others` option is changed to `false` by
           default.  but we still set the `FD_CLOEXEC` flag on descriptors we
           create).  [Misc #14907]