diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.6.2
   long-running query in an interactive shell using :kbd:`Ctrl-C`
   (:ticket:`#333`).
 - Fixed `!PersistentConnectionPool` on Python 3 (:ticket:`#348`).
-- Fixed segfault on `repr()` of an unitialized connection (:ticket:`#361`).
+- Fixed segfault on `repr()` of an uninitialized connection (:ticket:`#361`).
 - Allow adapting bytes using `~psycopg2.extensions.QuotedString` on Python 3
   (:ticket:`#365`).
 - Added support for setuptools/wheel (:ticket:`#370`).