diff --git a/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py b/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py
index f9d30cf0bd7..b99ea459720 100644
--- a/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py
+++ b/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 HOST = support.HOST
 CERTFILE = os.path.join(here, 'keycert.pem')
 
-# This one's based on HTTPServer, which is based on SocketServer
+# This one's based on HTTPServer, which is based on socketserver
 
 class HTTPSServer(_HTTPServer):
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 46ec8223e8c..1905df0f43a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -2734,7 +2734,7 @@ if _have_threads:
                     s.close()
 
         def test_socketserver(self):
-            """Using a SocketServer to create and manage SSL connections."""
+            """Using socketserver to create and manage SSL connections."""
             server = make_https_server(self, certfile=CERTFILE)
             # try to connect
             if support.verbose:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 884030985e8..d5842921346 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4973,7 +4973,7 @@ Library
 
 - Issue #18643: Add socket.socketpair() on Windows.
 
-- Issue #22435: Fix a file descriptor leak when SocketServer bind fails.
+- Issue #22435: Fix a file descriptor leak when socketserver bind fails.
 
 - Issue #13096: Fixed segfault in CTypes POINTER handling of large
   values.