diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst
index f3adc3355..a82d05d67 100644
--- a/docs/news.rst
+++ b/docs/news.rst
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ New features
 Bug fixes
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--   Yielding an start item (i.e. from :meth:`~scrapy.Spider.yield_seeds` or an
+-   Yielding a start item (i.e. from :meth:`~scrapy.Spider.yield_seeds` or an
     equivalent) no longer delays the next iteration of starting requests and
     items by up to 5 seconds.