diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 514d19afedd..bd39f358b30 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Core and Builtins
 - Issue #11627: Fix segfault when __new__ on a exception returns a
   non-exception class.
 
-- Issue #12149: Update the method cache after a type's dictionnary gets
+- Issue #12149: Update the method cache after a type's dictionary gets
   cleared by the garbage collector.  This fixes a segfault when an instance
   and its type get caught in a reference cycle, and the instance's
   deallocator calls one of the methods on the type (e.g. when subclassing