diff --git a/Misc/HISTORY b/Misc/HISTORY
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@@ -23445,7 +23445,7 @@
 decimal numbers).
 
 - In string.atof(), don't fail when the "re" module is unavailable.
-Plug the ensueing security leak by supplying an empty __builtins__
+Plug the ensuing security leak by supplying an empty __builtins__
 directory to eval().
 
 - A bunch of small fixes and improvements to Tkinter.py.