A typo ("ocatal" instead of "octal").

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 299e0ef81a3e2be7de8929b1b45dd16af4c938fa..db345d1a5fb708de668a1bb9f488f92000d27c5d 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ isearch-lazy-highlight-cleanup'.
 ** Changes in sort.el
 
 The function sort-numeric-fields interprets numbers starting with `0'
-as ocatal and numbers starting with `0x' or `0X' as hexadecimal.  The
+as octal and numbers starting with `0x' or `0X' as hexadecimal.  The
 new user-option sort-numberic-base can be used to specify a default
 numeric base.