diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (unreleased)
    This requires a not yet released DirMngr 0.5.1.  Default is
    disabled.
 
- * The --log-file may now be used to print logs to a socket.  Prefix
-   the socket name with "socket://" to enable this.  This does not
-   work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a problem
-   with the socket.
+ * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
+   Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this.  This does
+   not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
+   problem with the socket.
 
 
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)