diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fa91d17d1db..b9c9e501189 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Library
   to avoid encoding issues.
 
 - Issue #12451: pydoc.synopsis() now reads the encoding cookie if available, to
-  read the Python script from the right encoding.
+  read the Python module from the right encoding.
 
 - Issue #12451: distutils now opens the setup script in binary mode to read the
   encoding cookie, instead of opening it in UTF-8.