diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 62aaea4dcb0..719fc502514 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
-- Issue #11915: threading.RLock()._release_save() raises a RuntimeError if the
+- Issue #11005: threading.RLock()._release_save() raises a RuntimeError if the
   lock was not acquired.
 
 - Issue #11258: Speed up ctypes.util.find_library() under Linux by a factor