diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
index fbad0fba20f4b7..83eebbf3933492 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
@@ -975,5 +975,5 @@ Removed
   * ``PyUnicode_ClearFreeList()``: the Unicode free list has been removed in
     Python 3.3.
 
-* Remove ``_PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings()`` function.
+* Remove the ``_PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings()`` function.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`39465`.)