diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f2a823ba0ba80..712366b66dfc4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . ZEND_RETURN is splitted into two new instructions ZEND_RETURN and 
     ZEND_RETURN_BY_REF
   . optimized access to global constants using values with pre-calculated
-    hash_values from litersls table
+    hash_values from literals table
   . optimized access to static properties using executor specialization.
     A constant class name may be used as a direct operand of ZEND_FETCH_*
     instruction without previous ZEND_FETCH_CLASS.