diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.10.0.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.10.0.txt
index 04159186084f5..f4e7825032ce0 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.10.0.txt
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.10.0.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Note:
     series.resample('D', how='sum', closed='right', label='right')
 
 - Infinity and negative infinity are no longer treated as NA by ``isnull`` and
-  ``notnull``. That they every were was a relic of early pandas. This behavior
+  ``notnull``. That they ever were was a relic of early pandas. This behavior
   can be re-enabled globally by the ``mode.use_inf_as_null`` option:
 
 .. ipython:: python