diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 68dafa968cbd2a7ed2b1b5782530eb8769073bc1..e51f7d1229151266c37961fb60d7ebbf038685cf 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ This release includes the following changes:
  o darwinssl: Don't omit CN verification when an IP address is used [12]
  o http2: build with current nghttp2 version
  o polarssl: dropped support for PolarSSL < 1.3.0
- o openssl: info massage with SSL version used
+ o openssl: info message with SSL version used
 
 This release includes the following bugfixes: