diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 2e4f938060fdf286f445ad5272b8b79ac65ce782..95d6b9b5bd4903aa7caa12c6041b3fcc3ae91d62 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1447,8 +1447,8 @@ The maximum level is used by default; customize
 
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 *** New user option 'python-pdbtrack-kill-buffers'.
-If nil, buffers opened during pdbtracking session are not killed when
-pdbtracking session is finished.
+If non-nil, the default, buffers opened during pdbtracking session are
+killed when pdbtracking session is finished.
 
 ** Help