diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 13cdb8273d4..d56c02960fc 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ The default separator is changed to allow surrounding spaces around the comma.
 ** Calendar and Diary
 
 +++
-*** New variable `diary-from-outlook-function' for used by the command
+*** New variable `diary-from-outlook-function', used by the command
 `diary-from-outlook'.
 
 ** cl-lib