diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-12-10-21-08-05.gh-issue-127740.0tWC9h.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-12-10-21-08-05.gh-issue-127740.0tWC9h.rst
index cf175dfcd21893..f614dbb59bdc87 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-12-10-21-08-05.gh-issue-127740.0tWC9h.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-12-10-21-08-05.gh-issue-127740.0tWC9h.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Fix error message in :func:`bytes.fromhex()` when given an odd number of
+Fix error message in :func:`bytes.fromhex` when given an odd number of
 digits to properly indicate that an even number of hexadecimal digits is
 required.