diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 8af2fa81304..8e7c8c14a60 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ On window systems, the default value of this option is chosen
 according to the keyboard used.  If the keyboard has both a Backspace
 key and a Delete key, and both are mapped to their usual meanings, the
 option's default value is set to t, so that Backspace can be used to
-delete backward, and Delete can be used used to delete forward
+delete backward, and Delete can be used to delete forward.
 
 If not running under a window system, setting this option accomplishes
 a similar effect by mapping C-h, which is usually generated by the