diff --git a/changes/bug18809 b/changes/bug18809
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     - Fix some edge cases where consensus download connections
       may not have been closed, even though they were not needed.
     - Make relays retry consensus downloads the correct number of
-      times, rather than the more aggresive client retry count.
+      times, rather than the more aggressive client retry count.
     - Stop downloading consensuses when we have a consensus,
       even if we don't have all the certificates for it yet.
       Closes ticket 18943, bugfix on #4483 in 0.2.8.1-alpha,