diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 896f0e6c9..6cee55a43 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This release includes the following changes:
  o configure --disable-proxy disables proxy support
  o Added CURLOPT_USERNAME and CURLOPT_PASSWORD
  o --interface now works with IPv6 connections on glibc systems
- o Added CURLOPT_PROXYUSER and CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD
+ o Added CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME and CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD
 
 This release includes the following bugfixes: