diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 73ee64a5785c..365be5e7d501 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ C API
 - PyNumber_Check() now returns true for string and unicode objects.
   This is a result of these types having a partially defined
   tp_as_number slot.  (This is not a feature, but an indication that
-  PyNumber_check() is not very useful to determine numeric behavior.
+  PyNumber_Check() is not very useful to determine numeric behavior.
   It may be deprecated.)
 
 - The string object's layout has changed: the pointer member