#9911: doc copyedits.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst
index 6ff04ed..cebb829 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
 *  :class:`functools.partial` objects can now be pickled.
 
   (Suggested by Antoine Pitrou and Jesse Noller.  Implemented by
-  Jack Diedrich; :issue:`5228`.)
+  Jack Diederich; :issue:`5228`.)
 
 * Add :mod:`pydoc` help topics for symbols so that ``help('@')``
   works as expected in the interactive environment.