diff --git a/ReleaseInstructions b/ReleaseInstructions
index 35eb9e793..38e0f1369 100644
--- a/ReleaseInstructions
+++ b/ReleaseInstructions
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Note: This document was updated in the context of releasing Ant 1.9.5.
        4 hours later, the artefacts will be in the maven central repository.
       
 
-    * Make README.html point to the new RELEASE-NOTES or is a copy of
+    * Make README.html point to the new RELEASE-NOTES or a copy of
       it.
 
 16. Update the ant.apache.org site :