diff --git a/news/4111.bugfix b/news/4111.bugfix
index d0512f2bf32..27d278c484f 100644
--- a/news/4111.bugfix
+++ b/news/4111.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fix ``pip install --target`` by making ``--target``, ``--user``, and ``--prefix`` mutually exclusive.
+pip install ``--target``, ``--user``, and ``--prefix`` are now mutually exclusive.