diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 145abfaca7..1e6289b58a 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
      Other interesting new features including hqx video filter, a pixel art
      scaling filter; a fixed-point AC-3 decoder contributed by Imagination
      Technologies; an On2 TrueMotion VP7 video decoder; an HTML5 WebVTT
-     subtitle decoder that allows creation of WebVTT from any text-based
+     subtitle encoder that allows creation of WebVTT from any text-based
      subtitles; and an 1-bit Direct Stream Digital audio decoder.
 
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