diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
index efa0056732b..92170f2ee8c 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ def _terminate_pool(cls, taskqueue, inqueue, outqueue, pool,
         task_handler.join()
 
         debug('joining result handler')
-        task_handler.join()
+        result_handler.join()
 
         if pool and hasattr(pool[0], 'terminate'):
             debug('joining pool workers')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 413f387c47d..e0e6bd222a0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #11814: Fix likely typo in multiprocessing.Pool._terminate().
+
 - Issue #8428: Fix a race condition in multiprocessing.Pool when terminating
   worker processes: new processes would be spawned while the pool is being
   shut down.  Patch by Charles-François Natali.