diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9a05623c5..3d1a70bff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ o Setting --host-timeout=0 will disable the host timeout, which is set by
   -T5 to 15 minutes. Earlier versions of Nmap require the user to specify a
   very long timeout instead.
 
-o Improvemenhts to Nmap's XML output:
+o Improvements to Nmap's XML output:
   + If a host times out, the XML <host> element will have the attribute
     timedout="true" and the host's timing info (srtt etc.)  will still be
     printed.