diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5046a9b4..a48ef713 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
     int yylex (YYSTYPE *yylval);
 
-  This is has been fixed: yylval, yynerrs, yychar, and yylloc are now valid
+  This is fixed: yylval, yynerrs, yychar, and yylloc are now valid
   identifiers for user-provided variables.
 
 *** stdio.h is no longer needed when locations are enabled (yacc.c)