fix typo
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9095045..5c93c0a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 Library
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-- Issue #5136: deprecated old, unused functions from tkinter.
+- Issue #5136: deprecate old, unused functions from tkinter.
 
 - Issue #14409: IDLE now properly executes commands in the Shell window
   when it cannot read the normal config files on startup and