diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index 104d9894601d60..1a0efa0fd95286 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ Standard Library
 
   (Contributed by Erlend E. Aasland in :issue:`5846`.)
 
-* :meth:`~!unittest.TestProgram.usageExit` is marked deprecated, to be removed
+* :meth:`!unittest.TestProgram.usageExit` is marked deprecated, to be removed
   in 3.13.
   (Contributed by Carlos Damázio in :gh:`67048`.)