diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 361e6082ca8..fee8579a94f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Core and Builtins
   should result in PendingDeprecationWarning in 3.5 and in
   DeprecationWarning in 3.6.
 
-- Issue #26182: Fix ia refleak in code that raises DeprecationWarning.
+- Issue #26182: Fix a refleak in code that raises DeprecationWarning.
 
 Library
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