diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0d98dc89a..8c6faafb2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 2.5.3 (unreleased)
   * gpg: Print a warning if the card backup key could not be written.
     [T2169]
 
+  * The --supervised options of gpg-agent and dirmngr have been
+    renamed to --deprecated-supervised as preparation for their
+    removal.  [rGa019a0fcd8]
+
+
   See-also: gnupg-announce/2024q4/000xxx.html
   Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T7442
 
diff --git a/dirmngr/dirmngr_ldap.c b/dirmngr/dirmngr_ldap.c
index d999ee87e..5fc260d74 100644
--- a/dirmngr/dirmngr_ldap.c
+++ b/dirmngr/dirmngr_ldap.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static gpgrt_opt_t opts[] = {
                                " a record oriented format"},
   { oProxy,    "proxy",     2,
                 "|NAME|ignore host part and connect through NAME"},
-  { oStartTLS, "starttls",  0, "use STARTLS for the connection"},
+  { oStartTLS, "starttls",  0, "use STARTTLS for the connection"},
   { oLdapTLS,  "ldaptls",   0, "use a TLS for the connection"},
   { oNtds,     "ntds",      0, "authenticate using AD"},
   { oARecOnly, "areconly",  0, "do only an A record lookup"},