diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index cc0c59a6feb81..c10aaf890875d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ OpenSSL 3.2
    *Paul Dale*
 
  * Subject or issuer names in X.509 objects are now displayed as UTF-8 strings
-   by default. Also spaces surrounding `=` in DNs output are removed.
+   by default. Also spaces surrounding `=` in DN output are removed.
 
    *Dmitry Belyavskiy*
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c33c068b39851..2521e996b582f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ changes:
   * The `x509`, `ca`, and `req` apps now always produce X.509v3 certificates.
 
   * Subject or issuer names in X.509 objects are now displayed as UTF-8 strings
-    by default. Also spaces surrounding `=` in DNs output are removed.
+    by default. Also spaces surrounding `=` in DN output are removed.
 
 This release adds the following new features: