diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index efa2c8de0..953041274 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
+
+ Use boolean operator for boolean result
+
Update platform requirement from Java 7 to 8.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/GrowthList.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/GrowthList.java
index b81802e0c..ca329f985 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/GrowthList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/GrowthList.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class GrowthList extends AbstractSerializableListDecorator {
decorated().addAll(Collections.nCopies(index - size, null));
result = true;
}
- return decorated().addAll(index, coll) | result;
+ return decorated().addAll(index, coll) || result;
}
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