diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 582def6aa96..f412f725e5b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Core and Builtins
 C-API
 -----
 
-- Issue #6405: Remove duplicatet type declarations in descrobject.h.
+- Issue #6405: Remove duplicate type declarations in descrobject.h.
 
 - The code flags for old __future__ features are now available again.
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Library
   know how to handle a comparison without loss of precision.  Also add
   correct handling of infinities and nans for comparisons with float.
 
-- Issue #6415: Fixed warnings.warn sagfault on bad formatted string.
+- Issue #6415: Fixed warnings.warn segfault on bad formatted string.
 
 - Issue #6358: The exit status of a command started with os.popen() was
   reported differently than it did with python 2.x.