diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f75989c..9a007b6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
 
   Changes affecting commentary and documentation
 
+    Fix Tuesday/Thursday typo in description of time in Israel.
+    (Thanks to Mike Frysinger.)
+
     Microsoft Windows 8.1 doesn't support tz database names.  (Thanks
     to Donald MacQueen.)  Instead, the Microsoft Windows Store app
     library supports them.
diff --git a/newtzset.3 b/newtzset.3
index 1251aa1..2568e45 100644
--- a/newtzset.3
+++ b/newtzset.3
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ first Sunday on or after January 18).
 .B IST\(mi2IDT,M3.4.4/26,M10.5.0
 stands for Israel Standard Time (IST) and Israel Daylight Time (IDT),
 2 hours ahead of UTC, springing forward on March's fourth
-Tuesday at 26:00 (i.e., 02:00 on the first Friday on or after March
+Thursday at 26:00 (i.e., 02:00 on the first Friday on or after March
 23), and falling back on October's last Sunday at 02:00.
 .TP
 .B WART4WARST,J1/0,J365/25