diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 1e207e351..164eb1e90 100755
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ New Features in Shorewall 2.5.*
     FASTACCEPT=Yes then you may not specify ESTABLISHED policies in 
     /etc/shorewall/policy (see above).
 
-9)  Shorewall not generates an error if the 'norfc1918' option is
+9)  Shorewall now generates an error if the 'norfc1918' option is
     specified for an interface with an RFC 1918 address.
 
 10) You may now specify "!" followed by a list of addresses in the