diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 26ad4c64d..06faa9caa 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ o            Use own validator ObjectUtils.anyNull to check null String input #7
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-patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache Commons Lang website:
+patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Commons Lang website:
 
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@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ o            commons.surefire.version 3.0.0-M4 -> 3.0.0-M5..
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@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ o LANG-1529: Deprecate org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils.removeAllOccurences(*
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@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ o            (doc) Fix javadoc for 'startIndex' parameter of StringUtils.join()
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