fix markup error

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex
index 58a0a3c07d45b9281f4732ce612f29d798795d8d..707527f4e0c79d7d7220bf7a7fcb5f877a34cdda 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ compatibility with whatever syntax is used in 2.4final.
 \seepep{318}{Decorators for Functions, Methods and Classes}{Written 
 by Kevin D. Smith, Jim Jewett, and Skip Montanaro.  Several people
 wrote patches implementing function decorators, but the one that was
-actually checked in was patch #979728, written by Mark Russell.}
+actually checked in was patch \#979728, written by Mark Russell.}
 \end{seealso}
 
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