diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 75aad857ff26..fcea611bda78 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ AUTHOR: flo@FreeBSD.org
   A new variable DBD_MYSQL has been introduced and should be used to depend
   on the correct version of p5-DBD-mysql. Versions >= 5.000 removed support
   for MariaDB. DBD_MYSQL will check which MYSQL_FLAVOUR is used and set the
-  correct version as a dependancy. For this to work ports need to add mysql
+  correct version as a dependency. For this to work, ports need to add mysql
   to USES.
 
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