diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1a1a8c78733..42200628373 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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-- Issue #25931: Don't defining socketserver.Forking* names on platforms such
+- Issue #25931: Don't define socketserver.Forking* names on platforms such
   as Windows that do not support os.fork().
 
 - Issue #21776: distutils.upload now correctly handles HTTPError.