diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt
index 2d718b934..561d6c526 100644
--- a/relnotes.txt
+++ b/relnotes.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Since v0.5.1 we've made the following changes:
    will download and install Tahoe. (tickets #82, 93, 130)
 
  * Memory usage during download is now small, even if your node is
-   streaming the downloaded content to a dumb web browser over
+   streaming the downloaded content to a slow web browser over
    HTTP. (ticket #129)
 
  * Shares have a version number in them so that in the future we can