diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 996868f427d..158fbe41dd3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ API Changes
 
 Bug fixes
     
- 1. LUCENE-1134: Fixed BooleanQuery.rewrite to only optimze a single 
+ 1. LUCENE-1134: Fixed BooleanQuery.rewrite to only optimize a single 
     clause query if minNumShouldMatch<=0. (Shai Erera via Michael Busch)
 
  2. LUCENE-1163: Fixed bug in CharArraySet.contains(char[] buffer, int