diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 3a063d0875aaea2a6aeb15654bbec382de7c001d..685bcda481f2a95de4e6ad995bc228ecd0b9cb05 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Release 0.8 (01/26/2016)
 
 - Enhanced upload/daq performance and functionality (hidden files are not
   processed; for uploads system can detect files that had been processed 
-  already; added handling and reporting for processing errors)
+  already; improved handling and reporting of processing errors)
 - Source file checksum is calculated for rsync/gridftp plugins by default
 
 Release 0.7 (12/08/2015)