diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 621b5929..00f4fe47 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Be more careful when clearing the results directory.
 Ruby
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-Use database_open_with_config, and provide compatible path search
+Use `database_open_with_config`, and provide compatible path search
 semantics.
 
 Bugfix for query.get_sort