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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Changes
 * #917: ``setup.py install`` and ``easy_install`` commands are now officially deprecated. Use other standards-based installers (like pip) and builders (like build). Workloads reliant on this behavior should pin to this major version of Setuptools.
 * #1988: Deprecated the ``bdist_rpm`` command. Binary packages should be built as wheels instead.
   -- by :user:`hugovk`
-* #2785: Replace confirparser's readfp with read_file, deprecated since Python 3.2.
+* #2785: Replace ``configparser``'s ``readfp`` with ``read_file``, deprecated since Python 3.2.
   -- by :user:`hugovk`
 * #2823: Officially deprecated support for ``setup_requires``. Users are encouraged instead to migrate to PEP 518 ``build-system.requires`` in ``pyproject.toml``. Users reliant on ``setup_requires`` should consider pinning to this major version to avoid disruption.