diff --git a/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc b/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc
index c80a5816a7..4aab3b35ba 100644
--- a/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc
+++ b/RELEASING_RAILS.rdoc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ addressed, and that can impact your release date.
 Ruby implementors have high stakes in making sure Rails works.  Be kind and
 give them a heads up that Rails will be released soonish.
 
-This only need to be done for major and minor releases, bugfix releases aren't a
+This is only required for major and minor releases, bugfix releases aren't a
 big enough deal, and are supposed to be backwards compatible.
 
 Send an email just giving a heads up about the upcoming release to these