diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 152d68268c4..a0251cbebb0 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
   <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes
   apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development
-  branch between &release.prev; and &release.next;.  Some pre-built,
+  branch between &release.prev; and the future &release.next;.  Some pre-built,
   binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be found
   at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para>
 
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index 152d68268c4..a0251cbebb0 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
   <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes
   apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development
-  branch between &release.prev; and &release.next;.  Some pre-built,
+  branch between &release.prev; and the future &release.next;.  Some pre-built,
   binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be found
   at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para>