diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index da3a1d670e7..ec14e447859 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ and disables itself with an "untrusted content" warning if the file
 is not listed.
 
 Emacs Lisp authors should note that a major or minor mode must never set
-this variable to the ':all' value.
+this option to the ':all' value.
 
 This option is used to fix CVE-2024-53920.  See below for details.