diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index 75e200905811af..4d0b9f2c886f2b 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ Add option ``--json-lines`` to parse every input line as a separate JSON object.
 logging
 -------
 
-Added a *force* keyword argument to :func:`logging.basicConfig`
+Added a *force* keyword argument to :func:`logging.basicConfig`.
 When set to true, any existing handlers attached
 to the root logger are removed and closed before carrying out the
 configuration specified by the other arguments.