diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index 0fca2e8b8c311a..7a2f4f8c82fe8d 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ distutils
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 The ``bdist_wininst`` command deprecated in Python 3.8 has been removed.
-The ``bidst_wheel`` command is now recommended to distribute binary packages
+The ``bdist_wheel`` command is now recommended to distribute binary packages
 on Windows.
 (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`42802`.)