diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 3fff88871afafd3c26a88d0486dd616ccbd9716f..b534cbff324aeebee6cd209a5d746f8ce3f2d1e6 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ feature is not enabled.
 select it (give it focus), the selected window and cursor position
 normally changes according to the mouse click position.  If you set
 the variable x-mouse-click-focus-ignore-position to t, the selected
-window and cursor position do not changes when you click on a frame
+window and cursor position do not change when you click on a frame
 to give it focus.
 
 +++