diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c0c9d11b..0a1ef950 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
 	check_ide_smart -0/--auto-off, -1/--auto-on and -i/--immediate: options have
 	  been disabled because they were broken
 	State retention: the NAGIOS_PLUGIN_STATE_DIRECTORY environment variable has been
-	  renamed MP_STATE_DIRECTORY. The old variable will continue to work in v1.6.x
+	  renamed MP_STATE_PATH. The old variable will continue to work in v1.6.x
 	check_swap used to allow returning OK on a system without swap when only percent thresholds
 	  were used. This is no longer the case and one must now use -n/--no-swap=<state>
 	The Perl and Shell plugins now use the PATH specified via ./configure's --trusted-path