diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index e4776611ea1..ae44f7b8747 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ Changes in this release
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 fix for SET with options (Thomas)
 allow pg_dump/pg_dumpall to preserve ownership of all tables/objects(Bruce)
-new psql \connect option allows changing usernames without chaning databases
+new psql \connect option allows changing usernames without changing databases
 fix for initdb --debug option(Yoshihiko Ichikawa))
 lextest cleanup(Bruce)
 hash fixes(Vadim)