diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
index 9b0a6ebf1..f1294b458 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
    knows MATLAB.
 
  * "git log --format='<format>'" learned new %g[nNeE] specifiers to
-   show information from the reflog entries when warlking the reflog
+   show information from the reflog entries when walking the reflog
    (i.e. with "-g").
 
  * "git pull" can be used to fetch and merge an annotated/signed tag,