diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 756fcec52af..2eb3142a045 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ we recommend that you use a copy of QGIS from our Long Term Support (LTS)1.0.x
 release series. In all other cases we recommend that you use this version.
 
 This release includes around 200 bug fixes, nearly 30 new features and has had
-a lot of love and attention poured in to it to take our favourite desktop GIS
+a lot of love and attention poured into it to take our favorite desktop GIS
 application another step on the road to GIS nirvana! So much has happened in
 the 3 months since our last release that it is impossible to document
 everything here. Instead we will just highlight a couple of important new
diff --git a/doc/news.t2t b/doc/news.t2t
index deedb690d69..6c300f3e915 100644
--- a/doc/news.t2t
+++ b/doc/news.t2t
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ release series. In all other cases we recommend that you use this version.
 
 
 This release includes around 200 bug fixes, nearly 30 new features and has had
-a lot of love and attention poured in to it to take our favourite desktop GIS
+a lot of love and attention poured in to it to take our favorite desktop GIS
 application another step on the road to GIS nirvana! So much has happened in
 the 3 months since our last release that it is impossible to document
 everything here. Instead we will just highlight a couple of important new