diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 300c939f19..1b06777b16 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -785,5 +785,5 @@ Miscellaneous
   * If compiled with DEBUG_THREADS enabled and if you have glibc, then issuing
      the "core show locks" CLI command will give lock information output as well
      as a backtrace of the stack which led to the lock calls.
-  * users.conf now sports an optional alternativeexts property, which permits
+  * users.conf now sports an optional alternateexts property, which permits
     allocation of additional extensions which will reach the specified user.