diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cd29ec7c81..e3658ac83f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Major new features:
 * The popen and system do not run atfork handlers anymore (BZ#17490).
   Although it is a possible POSIX violation, the POSIX rationale in
   pthread_atfork documentation regarding atfork handlers is to handle
-  incosistent mutex state after fork call in multithread environment.
+  inconsistent mutex state after fork call in multithread environment.
   In both popen and system there is no direct access to user-defined mutexes.
 
 * Support for the C-SKY ABIV2 running on Linux has been added.  This port