diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index d26687750ea..9e43c694af9 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ New Features
       selection I/O should improve performance and reduce memory uses in some
       cases.
 
-    - Change the error handling for a not found path in the find plugin process.
+    - Changed the error handling for a not found path in the find plugin process.
 
       While attempting to load a plugin the HDF5 library will fail if one of the
       directories in the plugin paths does not exist, even if there are more paths