diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1ecdb57aaa..3e103e7326 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 			need to be suppressed.
 
 1253.	[contrib]	queryperf now reports a summary of returned
-		        rcodes (-c), rcodes are printed in neumonic form (-v).
+		        rcodes (-c), rcodes are printed in mnemonic form (-v).
 			
 1252.	[func]		Report the current serial with periodic commits when
 			rolling forward the journal.