diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2c0b12a20..c3c985bb3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   This augments the existing "symlinks" and "shebangs" modes already
   supported by the --enable-single-binary option.
 
-  'stat and 'tail' now know about the "guest-memfd" file system type.
+  'stat' and 'tail' now know about the "guest-memfd" file system type.
   stat -f -c%T now reports the file system type,
   and tail -f uses polling for this file system.