diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index e79b7cade7b..fed20a3de04 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ There is a new function parameter syntax ``/`` to indicate that some
function parameters must be specified positionally and cannot be used as
keyword arguments. This is the same notation shown by ``help()`` for C
functions annotated with Larry Hastings'
-`Argument Clinic `__ tool.
+`Argument Clinic `__ tool.
In the following example, parameters *a* and *b* are positional-only,
while *c* or *d* can be positional or keyword, and *e* or *f* are