diff --git a/base/doc/ltnews41.tex b/base/doc/ltnews41.tex
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--- a/base/doc/ltnews41.tex
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@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ \subsection{Process global options once per package}
 \section{Documentation}
 \subsection{Clarifying space handling of \cs{textcolor}}
 
-In contrast to other \cs{\text}-commands like \cs{textbf} or \cs{textrm},
+In contrast to other \cs{text}-commands like \cs{textbf} or \cs{textrm},
 the command \cs{textcolor} gobbles spaces at the start of its argument, so \verb=Hello\textcolor{red}{  World}= will output Hello\textcolor{red}{  World}.
 This behaviour has now been clarified in the documentation.
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