diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4043e0139e4..d0f9531c523 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Library
 
 Issue #26186: Remove an invalid type check in importlib.util.LazyLoader.
 
-- Issue #26367: importlib.__init__() raises ImportError like
+- Issue #26367: importlib.__import__() raises ImportError like
   builtins.__import__() when ``level`` is specified but without an accompanying
   package specified.