diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 19336edc3f..92f373c05a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Module::
 
   New method::
 
-    * Added Module#const_source_location to retreive the location where a
+    * Added Module#const_source_location to retrieve the location where a
       constant is defined.  [Feature #10771]
 
   Modified method::
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ JIT::
 
 === Miscellaneous changes
 
-* Support for IA64 architecure has ben removed. Harware for testing was
+* Support for IA64 architecture has been removed. Hardware for testing was
   difficult to find, native fiber code is difficult to implement, and it added
   non-trivial complexity to the interpreter. [Feature #15894]