diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c9f61a1..bd76bd8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   package set which rebuilds consumers of preserved libraries.
 * Add link level dependency awareness to emerge --depclean and --prune actions
   in order to protect against uninstallation of required libraries. Refer to
-  the --depclean-lib-check in the emerge(1) man page.
+  the --depclean-lib-check option in the emerge(1) man page.
 
 portage-2.1.11
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