diff --git a/changelog/12114.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12114.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 798496925..000000000
--- a/changelog/12114.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed attribute error in pytest.approx for types implicitly convertible to numpy arrays by converting other_side to a numpy array so that np_array_shape != other_side.shape can be properly checked.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/python_api.py b/src/_pytest/python_api.py
index 7d89fdd80..fab2203ea 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/python_api.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/python_api.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class ApproxNumpy(ApproxBase):
             self._approx_scalar, self.expected.tolist()
         )
 
-        # convert other_side to numpy array to ensure shape attribute is available
+        # Convert other_side to numpy array to ensure shape attribute is available.
         other_side_as_array = _as_numpy_array(other_side)
         assert other_side_as_array is not None
 
diff --git a/testing/python/approx.py b/testing/python/approx.py
index 968e88285..cf8cc8d03 100644
--- a/testing/python/approx.py
+++ b/testing/python/approx.py
@@ -763,7 +763,8 @@ class TestApprox:
         assert a12 != approx(a21)
         assert a21 != approx(a12)
 
-    def test_numpy_array_implicit_conversion(self):
+    def test_numpy_array_implicit_conversion(self) -> None:
+        """#12114."""
         np = pytest.importorskip("numpy")
 
         class ImplicitArray: