diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 66d96132f3b..9de4fce4a01 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Library
 
 - Issue #26186: Remove an invalid type check in importlib.util.LazyLoader.
 
-- Issue #26367: importlib.__init__() raises RuntimeError like
+- Issue #26367: importlib.__import__() raises SystemError like
   builtins.__import__() when ``level`` is specified but without an accompanying
   package specified.