diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 15ec48e5331..bed2246b038 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ New Features
 
 13. SOLR-260: Converting to a standard PluginLoader framework.  This reworks
     RequestHandlers, FieldTypes, and QueryResponseWriters to share the same
-    base code for loading and initalizing plugins.  This adds a new 
+    base code for loading and initializing plugins.  This adds a new 
     configuration option to define the default RequestHandler and 
     QueryResponseWriter in XML using default="true".  (ryan)