diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index edb6ad683e..4549688a61 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
         Write `string` to file `name`.
         Opposite with File.read.
       * IO.binwrite(name, string, [offset] )
-        binary virsion of IO.write.
+        binary version of IO.write.
 
   * Kernel
     * Kernel#respond_to? now returns false for protected methods.