diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1f043f85413..c881dee9a01 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -188,10 +188,11 @@ CHANGES WITH 250 in spe:
           during build-time.
 
         * Path units gained new TriggerLimitBurst= and TriggerLimitIntervalSec=
-          that default to '200' and '2s' respectively. This ensures that a path
-          unit cannot cause pid1 to busy loop when it is trying to trigger a
-          service that is skipped because of a Condition*= not being satisfied.
-          This matches the configuration and behaviour of socket units.
+          settings that default to 200 and 2 s respectively. The ratelimit
+          ensures that a path unit cannot cause PID1 to busy-loop when it is
+          trying to trigger a service that is skipped because of a Condition*=
+          not being satisfied. This matches the configuration and behaviour of
+          socket units.
 
         * The TPM2/FIDO2/PKCS11 support in systemd-cryptsetup is now also built
           as a plug-in for cryptsetup. This means the plain cryptsetup command