diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
index b6d6224..6841cea 100644
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 .. note::
 
-   Some name ``camelCase`` names have been converted to their underscored
+   Some ``camelCase`` names have been converted to their underscored
    equivalents. Others have been replaced by properties.  Using the old methods
    in 2.6 will trigger a :exc:`DeprecationWarning` when Python is run with the
    :option:`-3` flag and a full :exc:`DeprecationWarning` in 3.0.  The old names
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b179d40..e82772f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -669,8 +669,8 @@
 - The bundled OSX-specific copy of libbffi is now in sync with the version
   shipped with PyObjC 2.0 and includes support for x86_64 and ppc64 platforms.
 
-- The threading module gained alias for names that will be removed in the 3.x
-  series.
+- The threading module gained aliases for names that will be removed in the
+  3.x series.
 
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