diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bd73d0adf28..883bd93c063 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ What's New in Python 2.7.4
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Issue #5057: the peepholer no longer optimize subscription on unicode
+- Issue #5057: the peepholer no longer optimizes subscription on unicode
   literals (e.g. u'foo'[0]) in order to produce compatible pyc files between
   narrow and wide builds.