diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 520edda205a..183c21f84bc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Library
 
 - Issue #4998: The memory saving effect of __slots__ had been lost on Fractions
   which inherited from numbers.py which did not have __slots__ defined.  The
-  numbers heirarchy now has its own __slots__ declarations.
+  numbers hierarchy now has its own __slots__ declarations.
 
 - Issue #3321: _multiprocessing.Connection() doesn't check handle; added checks
   for *nix machines for negative handles and large int handles. Without this check