diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 0417ed569..91ad52741 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The !OpenSceneGraph 2.8.1 release is the culmination of 10 years of work by the
     * windows threading
     * memory leak in Collada loader
     * fixes to display lists/vbo creation that prevent crash under ATI drivers
-    * subsurface PolygonOffset setting in OpenFlight
+    * subface PolygonOffset setting in OpenFlight
     * osgconv --formats under OSX
 
 === Updates between 2.8 and 2.6 include: ===