diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 51a00834d..3fd17d9ee 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ What's new in Sudo 1.8.7?
    determined.  Legal values are "static" (use the kernel groups
    list), "dynamic" (perform a group database query) and "adaptive"
    (only perform a group database query if the kernel list is full).
-   The "max_groups" specifies the maximum number of groups a user may
-   belong to when performing a group database query.
+   The "max_groups" setting specifies the maximum number of groups
+   a user may belong to when performing a group database query.
 
  * The sudo.conf file now supports line continuation by using a
    backslash as the last character on the line.