diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 6e87beb090..1138fc24b5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Merged from 2.0:
  * Periodically submit background compaction tasks (CASSANDRA-9592)
  * Set HAS_MORE_PAGES flag to false when PagingState is null (CASSANDRA-9571)
 
+
 2.2.0-rc1
  * Compressed commit log should measure compressed space used (CASSANDRA-9095)
  * Fix comparison bug in CassandraRoleManager#collectRoles (CASSANDRA-9551)