diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c002f5a62c3..69661fba735 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ matches a regexp.
 
 *** The new commands `pp-macroexpand-expression' and
 `pp-macroexpand-last-sexp' pretty-print macro expansions.
-
++++
 *** The new command `set-file-modes' allows to set file's mode bits.
 The mode bits can be specified in symbolic notation, like with GNU
 Coreutils, in addition to an octal number.