Typo fix

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 43785ccebac1fdf208efd6fe1c5436dc31f583de..0ccb018360d4aca90a4fa9f447a8ba5be9501b5e 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ Extension Modules
 - itertools.starmap() now accepts any iterable input. Previously, it required
   the function inputs to be tuples.
 
-- itertools.chain() now has an alterate constructor, chain.from_iterable().
+- itertools.chain() now has an alternate constructor, chain.from_iterable().
 
 - Issue #1646: Make socket support TIPC. The socket module now has support
   for TIPC under Linux, see http://tipc.sf.net/ for more information.