diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index d557acc..ca90e14 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
                 return [population[_int(random() * total)] for i in range(k)]
             cum_weights = list(_itertools.accumulate(weights))
         elif weights is not None:
-            raise TypeError('Cannot specify both weights and cumulative_weights')
+            raise TypeError('Cannot specify both weights and cumulative weights')
         if len(cum_weights) != len(population):
             raise ValueError('The number of weights does not match the population')
         bisect = _bisect.bisect
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_random.py b/Lib/test/test_random.py
index a4413b5..fd0d2e3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_random.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_random.py
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
         self.assertEqual((x+stop)%step, 0)
 
     def test_choices_algorithms(self):
-        # The various ways of specifing weights should produce the same results
+        # The various ways of specifying weights should produce the same results
         choices = self.gen.choices
         n = 13132817
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 59785c3..9001bad 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
   by representing the scale as float value internally in Tk.  tkinter.IntVar
   now works if float value is set to underlying Tk variable.
 
-- Issue #18844: The various ways of specifing weights for random.choices()
+- Issue #18844: The various ways of specifying weights for random.choices()
   now produce the same result sequences.
 
 - Issue #28255: calendar.TextCalendar().prmonth() no longer prints a space