diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 68ff63e..9ce3fd4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ Alban Bedel:
  * Fix out of tree builds
 
    Out of tree builds are currently broken because $(top_srcdir)src/include
-   is not in the search path. In tree builds are working because autconf adds
+   is not in the search path. In tree builds are working because autoconf adds
    $(top_builddir)/src/include to the search path for the generated config.h.
    As $(top_builddir) and $(top_srcdir) are identical during in tree builds
    the search path still end up beeing somehow correct.