diff --git a/RELEASES.txt b/RELEASES.txt
index 689ba10ebc7f..ec8d3ef6c0db 100644
--- a/RELEASES.txt
+++ b/RELEASES.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Version 0.2  (March 2012)
       * Functions now inlined across separate crates
 
    * Scheduling, stack and threading fixes
-      * Noticably improved message-passing performance
+      * Noticeably improved message-passing performance
       * Explicit schedulers
       * Callbacks from C
       * Helgrind clean