diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 97776b120c5..f342dc9e328 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1284,8 +1284,8 @@ read-only properties, if it is safe to do so.  This means that if any
 part of a prompt is deleted, then the entire prompt must be deleted
 and that all prompts must stay at the beginning of a line.  If this is
 not the case, then `comint-kill-region' behaves just like
-`kill-region' if read-only are involved: it copies the text to the
-kill-ring, but does not delete it.
+`kill-region' if read-only properties are involved: it copies the text
+to the kill-ring, but does not delete it.
 
 +++
 *** The new command `comint-insert-previous-argument' in comint-derived