diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4b92ec3c0e..2f166c6758 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
  407.	[bug]		isc_rwlock_lock() would needlessly block
-			readers when reaching the read quota even
+			readers when it reached the read quota even
 			if no writers were waiting.
 
  406.	[bug]		Log messages were occasionally lost or corrupted