doc/news.rst | 2 +-

diff --git a/doc/news.rst b/doc/news.rst
index ab25a953329d4e71ad18bdd8a9165f922787643be04709acb35ef94ac4fbee09..d5a06ae72122e3f62801cba9e27fa484ca3a9906f5f6dd2fe9a6625e0f59b31e 100644
--- a/doc/news.rst
+++ b/doc/news.rst
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ * Decoding process can be governed with optional :ref:`ctx <ctx>`
   keyword argument to ``decode()`` method
 * :ref:`defines_by_path <defines_by_path_ctx>` option is now
   :ref:`decode context <ctx>` option, not a keyword argument
-* Ability to do :ref:`strict validation <strict_default_existence_ctx>`
+* Ability to do ``strict validation``
   of defaulted values met in sequence, raising an exception
 
 .. _release1.6: