diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst
index 0449f37d3ac28..8f677b1f7dc76 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ ExtensionArray
 
 - Bug in :func:`factorize` when passing an ``ExtensionArray`` with a custom ``na_sentinel`` (:issue:`25696`).
 - :meth:`Series.count` miscounts NA values in ExtensionArrays (:issue:`26835`)
-- Keyword argument ``deep`` has been removed from :method:`ExtensionArray.copy` (:issue:`27083`)
+- Keyword argument ``deep`` has been removed from :meth:`ExtensionArray.copy` (:issue:`27083`)
 
 Other
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