diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index edd6fa3125b..b20056cc62f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Library
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 - Issue #7959: ctypes callback functions are now registered correctly
-  with the cylce garbage collector.
+  with the cycle garbage collector.
 
 - Issue #6666: fix bug in trace.py that applied the list of directories
   to be ignored only to the first file.  Noted by Bogdan Opanchuk.