diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
index 4421d03a6d2..206b7f0088a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
@@ -2265,6 +2265,10 @@ Invalid expressions in type scopes:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    SyntaxError: cannot assign to __debug__
 
+   >>> class A[__debug__]: pass
+   Traceback (most recent call last):
+   SyntaxError: cannot assign to __debug__
+
    >>> class A[T]((x := 3)): ...
    Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-07-24-22-39-07.gh-issue-122245.LVa9v8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-07-24-22-39-07.gh-issue-122245.LVa9v8.rst
index 453c45e2f7a..fff99b4992e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-07-24-22-39-07.gh-issue-122245.LVa9v8.rst	
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-07-24-22-39-07.gh-issue-122245.LVa9v8.rst	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Detection of writes to ``__debug__`` is moved from the compiler's codegen
-stage to the symtable. This means that these errors now detected even in
+stage to the symtable. This means that these errors are now detected even in
 code that is optimized away before codegen (such as assertions with the
-:option:`-O` command line option.)
+:option:`-O` command line option).