diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d0e7aeb1178..71fa00545c2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Library
   argument instead of a ValueError with a bogus FCI error number.
   Patch by Jeffrey Armstrong.
 
-- Issue #23796: peak and read1 methods of BufferedReader now raise ValueError
+- Issue #23796: peek and read1 methods of BufferedReader now raise ValueError
   if they called on a closed object. Patch by John Hergenroeder.
 
 - Issue #24094: Fix possible crash in json.encode with poorly behaved dict