diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 210efd83f..ba1753145 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Fixed bugs:
    when writing zips or jars.
    Bugzilla Report 45548
 
- * <sync> could into a NullPointerException when faced with broken
+ * <sync> could run into a NullPointerException when faced with broken
    symbolic links.
    Bugzilla Report 46747.