diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9ae93aac6a3f..040bef785e5d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Library
   know how to handle a comparison without loss of precision.  Also add
   correct handling of infinities and nans for comparisons with float.
 
-- Issue #6415: Fixed warnings.warn sagfault on bad formatted string.
+- Issue #6415: Fixed warnings.warn segfault on bad formatted string.
 
 - Issue #6358: The exit status of a command started with os.popen() was
   reported differently than it did with python 2.x.