diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 66ee553..8b0a678 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Issue #6300: unicode.encode, unicode.docode, str.decode, and str.encode now
+- Issue #6300: unicode.encode, unicode.decode, str.decode, and str.encode now
   take keyword arguments.
 
 - Issue #6922: Fix an infinite loop when trying to decode an invalid