diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 632a4d48..219a42d3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ New features:
 
 - Added support for large objects larger than 2GB.
 - Python `time` objects with a tzinfo specified and PostgreSQL :sql:`timetz`
-  data are converted into each other (ticket #272).
+  data are converted into each other (:ticket:`#272`).
 
 Bug fixes: