diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 6a5f5c172184243c7d4693b91dbdf2e4b370a56d..62b45daa7c9654c753408d536d86f412fe437303 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Version 1.6.1beta08 [March 7, 2013]
     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 b6f982dcac22cb688884b4abc1c4e63e5bd3a2df..dfa32f071369b6f4bd7b51738e56bd0de7e5f596 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4457,7 +4457,7 @@ Version 1.6.1beta08 [March 7, 2013]
     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.