diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9cba1a468a0..0988f625c5a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Library
   in the tkinter module.
 
 - Issue #18747: Re-seed OpenSSL's pseudo-random number generator after fork.
-  A pthread_atfork() child handler is used to seeded the PRNG with pid, time
+  A pthread_atfork() parent handler is used to seeded the PRNG with pid, time
   and some stack data.
 
 - Issue #8865: Concurrent invocation of select.poll.poll() now raises a