diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
index 4e27d305367..f7cb0ee06ec 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ decreasing the TTL in order to make gateways and firewalls less visible
 and therefore less exposed to attacks. [MERGED]
 
 The old `sd' (SCSI Disk) backwards compatibility support has been removed.
-Any usage of "/dev/sd*" in ``/etc/fstab'' must be replace by "/dev/da*".
+Any usage of "/dev/sd*" in ``/etc/fstab'' must be replaced by "/dev/da*".
 In addition, any useage of "/dev/*sd*" in scripts need to be changed.
 Even if you have old `sd' device entries in /dev, they will no longer work.
 
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
index f814faa9dde..ef88fe5468c 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ decreasing the TTL in order to make gateways and firewalls less visible
 and therefore less exposed to attacks. [MERGED]
 
 The old `sd' (SCSI Disk) backwards compatibility support has been removed.
-Any usage of "/dev/sd*" in ``/etc/fstab'' must be replace by "/dev/da*".
+Any usage of "/dev/sd*" in ``/etc/fstab'' must be replaced by "/dev/da*".
 In addition, any useage of "/dev/*sd*" in scripts need to be changed.
 Even if you have old `sd' device entries in /dev, they will no longer work.