diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
index 6586a2ff3bed..714c5201a5f0 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
@@ -16419,7 +16419,7 @@ Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who advised against his going
 to Dallas.
 
 Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and ran off into a warehouse.
-Oswald shot Kenned y from a warehouse and ran off into a theatre.
+Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran off into a theatre.
 
 Lincoln was succeeded by a Southerner named Johnson.
 Kennedy was succeeded by a Southerner named Johnson.