diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index e8d6c3899..0e90169f3 100755
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ New Features in 2.5.8:
 
 1)  Normally MAC verification triggered by the 'maclist' interface and host
     options is done out of the INPUT and FORWARD chains of the filter table.
-    Users have reported that under some circulstances, MAC verification is
+    Users have reported that under some circumstances, MAC verification is
     failing for forwarded packets when the packets are being forwarded out
     of a bridge.