diff --git a/ares/RELEASE-NOTES b/ares/RELEASE-NOTES
index 3c73d10608..5d0607a6ba 100644
--- a/ares/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/ares/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Fixed:
  o improved source code portability
  o adig supports a regular numerical dotted IP address for the -s option
  o handling of EINPROGRESS for UDP connects
- o ares_parse_ptr_reply()would cause a buffer to shrink instead of expand if a
+ o ares_parse_ptr_reply() would cause a buffer to shrink instead of expand if a
    reply contained 8 or more records
  o buildconf works on OS X