diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 58e721eb..67db06bc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ shadow-4.0.5 -> shadow-4.0.6						08-11-2004
   (Martin Schlemmer <azarah@nosferatu.za.org>),
 - autoconf: fixed filling MAIL_SPOOL_DIR and MAIL_SPOOL_FILE variables
   which was always empty (Gregorio Guidi <g.guidi@sns.it>),
-- realuy closse security bug in libmisc/pwdcheck.c,
+- realuy close security bug in libmisc/pwdcheck.c,
 - added missing template/example PAM service config files for chfn, chsh and
   userdel,
 - do not translate variable names from /etc/default/useradd during