diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
index 40f0cd37fe..eb00e4ad74 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ mmap
 ----

 * The :class:`mmap.mmap` class now has an :meth:`~mmap.mmap.seekable` method
-  that can be used where it requires a file-like object with seekable and
-  the :meth:`~mmap.mmap.seek` method return the new absolute position.
+  that can be used when a file-like object with seekable is required. The
+  :meth:`~mmap.mmap.seek` method now returns the new absolute position.
   (Contributed by Donghee Na and Sylvie Liberman in :gh:`111835`.)