diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a8b9f079f1..4a6b565464 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
  947.	[bug]		dns_rdata_soa_t had a badly named element "mname" which
 			was really the RNAME field from RFC1035.  To avoid
-			confusion and silent errors that would occur it ther
+			confusion and silent errors that would occur it the
 			"origin" and "mname" elements were given their correct
 			names "mname" and "rname" respectively, the "mname"
 			element is renamed to "contact".