diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $Id$
 
 INTRODUCTION:
 
-This document contains the release notes for the 2.3 version of Apache 
+This document contains the release notes for the 2.3 version of 
 Apache Commons Lang.
 Commons Lang is a set of utility functions and reusable components that
 should be of use in any Java environment.