diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index 44aab851c7c..60136ad47e4 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Windows improvements:
   remains unchanged - "python" refers to Python 2 in that case.
 
 * ``python.exe`` and ``pythonw.exe`` have been marked as long-path aware,
-  which means that when the 260 character path limit may no longer apply.
+  which means that the 260 character path limit may no longer apply.
   See :ref:`removing the MAX_PATH limitation <max-path>` for details.
 
 * A ``._pth`` file can be added to force isolated mode and fully specify