diff --git a/news/xonfig-kernel.rst b/news/xonfig-kernel.rst
index e239e9db5..c44f340c4 100644
--- a/news/xonfig-kernel.rst
+++ b/news/xonfig-kernel.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   ``pip install .`` wouldn't (because pip mucks with ``sys.path``), 
   nor would install from wheel (because it doesn't run ``setup.py``).
 * ``xonfig info`` now displays actual value of ON_MSYS and ON_CYGWIN instead of lazy bool type.
-  (maybe only on Windows?)
+  (maybe was happening only on Windows?)
 
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