diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 93abe4238..7a21ec1ec 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
  * Encoding of unicode escape sequences by the property file task
    Bugzilla Report 50515.
 
- * The code that implicitly sets the -source switch if only -target is
-   in <javac> was broken for Java 5 and 6.
+ * The code that implicitly sets the -source switch if only -target
+   has been specified in <javac> was broken for Java 5 and 6.
    Bugzilla Report 50578.
 
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