diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
index 18f51a2d5f046..2fc1e39d995c5 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.2.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Bug fixes
 Other
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 - Fixed non-working installation of optional dependency group ``output_formatting``. Replacing underscore ``_`` with a dash ``-`` fixes broken dependency resolution. A correct way to use now is ``pip install pandas[output-formatting]``.
-- Setting the environment variable ``PANDAS_INFER_STRING`` to ``"1"`` will now enable the option ``pd.options.future.infer_string`` (:issue:`55533`)^
+- Setting the environment variable ``PANDAS_INFER_STRING`` to ``"1"`` will now enable the option ``pd.options.future.infer_string`` (:issue:`55533`)
 
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