diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index bafee24dd5..8677cb7cee 100644
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 Changes in 2.15:
 
 * objcopy for MIPS targets now accepts "-M no-aliases" as an option to the
-  disassembler to print the "raw" mips instruction mneumonic instead of some
+  disassembler to print the "raw" mips instruction mnemonic instead of some
   pseudo instruction name.  I.E. print "daddu" or "or" instead of "move",
   "sll" instead of "nop", etc.