diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py b/Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py
index 97682331f6c..c7552e3375b 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class WIN32_FIND_DATAA(Structure):
                 ("dwReserved0", DWORD),
                 ("dwReserved1", DWORD),
                 ("cFileName", c_char * MAX_PATH),
-                ("cAlternameFileName", c_char * 14)]
+                ("cAlternateFileName", c_char * 14)]
 
 class WIN32_FIND_DATAW(Structure):
     _fields_ = [("dwFileAttributes", DWORD),
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class WIN32_FIND_DATAW(Structure):
                 ("dwReserved0", DWORD),
                 ("dwReserved1", DWORD),
                 ("cFileName", c_wchar * MAX_PATH),
-                ("cAlternameFileName", c_wchar * 14)]
+                ("cAlternateFileName", c_wchar * 14)]
 
 __all__ = ['ATOM', 'BOOL', 'BOOLEAN', 'BYTE', 'COLORREF', 'DOUBLE',
            'DWORD', 'FILETIME', 'HACCEL', 'HANDLE', 'HBITMAP', 'HBRUSH',
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bc0e974736e..8e6a0494e8d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Extension Modules
 
 - Bug #1721309: prevent bsddb module from freeing random memory.
 
+- Bug #1726026: Correct the field names of WIN32_FIND_DATAA and
+  WIN32_FIND_DATAW structures in the ctypes.wintypes module.
 
 Documentation
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