diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 0ee5bfcf9..1d18e24e6 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ I I I.  P R O B L E M S   C O R R E C T E D   I N   T H I S  R E L E A S E
     rules are now disallowed.
 
 2)  The fix for COMMENT and OPTIMIZE 8-15 in 4.4.12.1 missed one case
-    which has mpe been corrected.
+    which has now been corrected.
 
 3)  Previously, exclusion in the blacklist file was correctly validated
     but was then ignored when generating iptables (ip6tables) rules.