diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index 28f4e0b45..ee8d156c4 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Changes in release 3.17:
-[3.16d]
+[3.16e]
 [3.16b]
 * install accepts new option, --verbose (-v)
 * mkdir -p is a lot faster when creating very deep directories on some systems