diff --git a/NEWS.markdown b/NEWS.markdown
index 452c3a1..6745069 100644
--- a/NEWS.markdown
+++ b/NEWS.markdown
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Other Changes
 * Support running tests verbosely with Make target "test-verbose".
 * Drop "dont-test" flag from bullseye.
 * partitions/sample-server: Change options=sync to
-  options=defaults. (GL MR !1; pach by Wolfgang Karall)
+  options=defaults. (GL MR !1; patch by Wolfgang Karall)
 
 
 xen-tools 4.8 (released 9 Feb 2019)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f179b78..08d9bce 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ xen-tools (4.9~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
       settings also in xen-update-image and xen-delete-image. (GH #57;
       patch by Volker Janzen)
     + partitions/sample-server: Change options=sync to
-      options=defaults. (GL MR !1; pach by Wolfgang Karall)
+      options=defaults. (GL MR !1; patch by Wolfgang Karall)
 
   * Recommend deboootstrap ≥ 1.0.117~ for working bootstrapping of Ubuntu
     6.06 Dapper and 6.10 Edgy (see #659360) and for support of Ubuntu