diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e69e03c9b75..33bdc71cd82 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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-- Issue #16564: Fixed a performance regression relative to Python 3.1 in the
+- Issue #16389: Fixed a performance regression relative to Python 3.1 in the
   caching of compiled regular expressions.
 
 - Added missing FeedParser and BytesFeedParser to email.parser.__all__.