diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 1.2.17
  * cqlsh: Fix CompositeType columns in DESCRIBE TABLE output (CASSANDRA-7399)
- * Expose global ColmunFamily metrics (CASSANDRA-7273)
+ * Expose global ColumnFamily metrics (CASSANDRA-7273)
  * Handle possible integer overflow in FastByteArrayOutputStream (CASSANDRA-7373)
  * cqlsh: 'ascii' values weren't formatted as text (CASSANDRA-7407)
  * cqlsh: ignore .cassandra permission errors (CASSANDRA-7266)