diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index 51ce7da47ae2d7..bdeaf6ebc7f522 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -1607,7 +1607,8 @@ Changes in the Python API
 Build Changes
 =============
 
-* Building Python now requires a C11 compiler without optional C11 features.
+* Building Python now requires a C11 compiler. Optional C11 features are not
+  required.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`46656`.)
 
 * Building Python now requires support of IEEE 754 floating point numbers.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst
index 24fc5f05666a63..68b80e46690dc9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst
@@ -1043,7 +1043,8 @@ Respect `--with-suffix` when building on case-insensitive file systems.
 .. nonce: MD783M
 .. section: Build
 
-Building Python now requires a C11 compiler without optional C11 features.
+Building Python now requires a C11 compiler. Optional C11 features are not
+required.
 Patch by Victor Stinner.
 
 ..