diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
index 81c707ecd5b..c0be6860ac8 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Cache
 
 * If you instanciate cache backends directly, be aware that they aren't
   thread-safe any more, as :data:`django.core.cache.caches` now yields
-  differend instances per thread.
+  different instances per thread.
 
 Email
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