diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 81a78d7b4..d9aa5e0e0 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Fixed bugs:
    from a resource or string explicitly.
    Bugzilla Report 49587.
 
- * Project#setDefault threw an excpetion when null was passed in as
+ * Project#setDefault threw an exception when null was passed in as
    argument, even though the javadoc says, null is a valid value.
    Bugzilla Report 49803.