diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index dc55c65f975..8fc2f6cfd4e 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ unpackings (see :ref:`exprlists` and :ref:`dict`)::
 
 .. _whatsnew-pep-461:
 
-PEP 461 - % formatting support for bytes and bytearray
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+PEP 461 - percent formatting support for bytes and bytearray
+------------------------------------------------------------
 
 :pep:`461` adds support for the ``%``
 :ref:`interpolation operator <bytes-formatting>` to :class:`bytes`