diff --git a/whatsnew-2.1.txt b/whatsnew-2.1.txt
index 4f8c43ba..04e58836 100644
--- a/whatsnew-2.1.txt
+++ b/whatsnew-2.1.txt
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
   the accepted sockets themselves.  That's almost never what you want.
   Now, it applies both to the listener and the accepted sockets.
 
-1.8. New functions and ffeatures: evhttp
+1.8. New functions and features: evhttp
 
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   NOTE: The evhttp module will eventually be deprecated in favor of Mark