diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b48761c59d3..f311d55cea1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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-- Issue #13994: Earler partial revert of Distutils enhancements in 2.7
+- Issue #13994: Earlier partial revert of Distutils enhancements in 2.7
   has left two versions of customize_compiler, the original in
   distutils.sysconfig and another copy in distutils.ccompiler, with some
   parts of distutils calling one and others using the other.