diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b9d7746..7a14b10 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   limiting the call to readline().  Original patch by Christian Heimes.
 
 - Issue #16041: CVE-2013-1752: poplib: Limit maximum line lengths to 2048 to
-  prevent readline() calls from consuming too much member.  Patch by Jyrki
+  prevent readline() calls from consuming too much memory.  Patch by Jyrki
   Pulliainen.
 
 - Issue #16039: CVE-2013-1752: Change use of readline in imaplib module to