Fix statement.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index b2d028d..a5dc0f8 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -1497,8 +1497,7 @@
   * repeating a single ASCII letter and getting a substring of a ASCII strings
     is 4 times faster
 
-* UTF-8 and UTF-16 decoding is now 2x to 4x faster.  UTF-16 encoding is now
-  up to 10x faster.
+* UTF-8 is now 2x to 4x faster.  UTF-16 encoding is now up to 10x faster.
 
   (contributed by Serhiy Storchaka, :issue:`14624`, :issue:`14738` and
   :issue:`15026`.)