diff --git a/Doc/tools/.nitignore b/Doc/tools/.nitignore
index 98d0336fe3de42..703330677b03a4 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/.nitignore
+++ b/Doc/tools/.nitignore
@@ -74,4 +74,3 @@ Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
 Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
 Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
 Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
-Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index d59f24406c9483..8d973933e80107 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ This section covers specific optimizations independent of the
   (Contributed by Stefan Behnel in :gh:`68264`.)
 
 * Resizing lists is streamlined for the common case,
-  speeding up :meth:`list.append` by ≈15%
+  speeding up :meth:`!list.append` by ≈15%
   and simple :term:`list comprehension`\s by up to 20-30%
   (Contributed by Dennis Sweeney in :gh:`91165`.)