diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index cf9ce4b740..0dd6f1fcd9 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Upgrading
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     - We try to keep minor versions 100% compatible (data format,
       commitlog format, network format) within the major series, but
-      we introduced a network-level incompatibility in this 0.6.1.
+      we introduced a network-level incompatibility in 0.6.1.
       Thus, if you are upgrading from 0.6.0 to any higher version
       (0.6.1, 0.6.2, etc.) then you will need to restart your entire
       cluster with the new version, instead of being able to do a