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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 48899bc..ddf993f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
 - Bug #1531862: Do not close standard file descriptors in subprocess.
 
-- fixed a bug with bsddb.DB.stat: its flags and txn keyword arguments
+- fixed a bug with bsddb.DB.stat: the flags and txn keyword arguments
   were transposed.
 
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