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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index d1c6a41db9..fcaa7e28fd 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ default toolkit, but you can use --with-x-toolkit=gtk if necessary.
 
 ** New font code.
 Fonts are handled by new code capable of dealing with multiple font
-backends.  This requires the freetype and fontconfig libraries
+backends.  This uses the freetype and fontconfig libraries.
 
 *** Emacs now accepts font names supplied in the fontconfig format
 (e.g. "monospace-12:bold") and GTK format (e.g. "Monospace Bold 12").