1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 48c3a2a5d2e..b346af5e990 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@ by default at least in Debian, for security reasons).
 An external package is any installed package that's not built-in and
 not from `package-user-dir', which usually means it's from an entry in
 `package-directory-list'.  They are treated much like built-in
-packages, in that they cannot be through the Package Menu deleted and
+packages, in that they cannot be deleted through the package menu and
 are not considered for upgrades.
 
 The effect, is that a user can manually place a specific version of a
-package inside `package-directory-list' and the Package Menu will
+package inside `package-directory-list' and the package menu will
 always respect that.
 
 *** If a package is available on multiple archives and one has higher