diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
index 4165b16ba76441..2a371ebf55a11f 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ csv
 
 * Add :data:`~csv.QUOTE_NOTNULL` and :data:`~csv.QUOTE_STRINGS` flags to
   provide finer grained control of ``None`` and empty strings by
-  :class:`~csv.reader` and :class:`~csv.writer` objects.
+  :class:`~csv.writer` objects.
 
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