diff --git a/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst b/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst
index 1dc88d87..8a20738c 100644
--- a/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/format/source/format_release_notes.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Release Notes
 - Updated ``TimeIntervals`` to use the new  ``TimeSeriesReferenceVectorData`` type. This does not alter the overall structure
   of ``TimeIntervals`` in a major way aside from changing the value of the ``neurodata_type`` attribute in the file
   from ``VectorData`` to ```TimeSeriesReferenceVectorData``. This change replaces the existing ``TimeIntervals.timeseries``
-  column with a ``TimeSeriesReferenceVectorData`` type column of the same name and overall schema. This change facilitate creating
+  column with a ``TimeSeriesReferenceVectorData`` type column of the same name and overall schema. This change facilitates creating
   common functionality around ``TimeSeriesReferenceVectorData``. This change affects all existing ``TimeIntervals`` tables
   as part of the ``intervals/`` group, i.e., ``intervals/epochs``, ``intervals/trials``, and ``intervals/invalid_times`` (#486)