diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ece29b60fc6..a90faa6509f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Extension modules
 -----------------
 
 - Thanks to Scott David Daniels, a subtle bug in how the zlib
-  extension implemented flush() was fixed.  Scott also rewrite the
+  extension implemented flush() was fixed.  Scott also rewrote the
   zlib test suite using the unittest module.  (SF bug #640230 and
   patch #678531.)