diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 6a5f5c1..62b45da 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     to build at least one library variant.
   Made the *_COPY targets only depend on library targets actually being build.
   Use PNG_LIB_TARGETS to unify a code path.
-  Changed the CREATE_SYMLINK macro to expact the full path to a file as the
+  Changed the CREATE_SYMLINK macro to expect the full path to a file as the
     first argument. When symlinking the filename component of that path is
     determined and used as the link target.
   Use copy_if_different in the CREATE_SYMLINK macro.
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b6f982d..dfa32f0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4457,7 +4457,7 @@
     to build at least one library variant.
   Made the *_COPY targets only depend on library targets actually being build.
   Use PNG_LIB_TARGETS to unify a code path.
-  Changed the CREATE_SYMLINK macro to expact the full path to a file as the
+  Changed the CREATE_SYMLINK macro to expect the full path to a file as the
     first argument. When symlinking the filename component of that path is
     determined and used as the link target.
   Use copy_if_different in the CREATE_SYMLINK macro.