diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex
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@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ Sockets Library (SSL) support.
 at the Python level as \code{sys.api_version}.
 
 \item The new \module{tarfile} module 
-allows reading from and writing to \command{tar}-format archive files.
+allows reading from and writing to \program{tar}-format archive files.
 (Contributed by Lars Gust\"abel.)
 
 \item The new \module{textwrap} module contains functions for wrapping