diff --git a/src/release/release-notes.md b/src/release/release-notes.md
index 4bc74791e..6fa27e146 100644
--- a/src/release/release-notes.md
+++ b/src/release/release-notes.md
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ simply links to the PR that landed them; some that need more explanation have
 additional, unlinked text; anything supported by an RFC has an additional RFC
 link. Reuse the PR titles or write descriptions as needed for clarity.
 
-Try to keep the language of the document independent of en-US or en-UK, when it
-can't be avoided defer to en-US grammar and syntax.
+Try to keep the spelling of the document to en-US.
 
 [relnotes]: https://github.com/rust-lang/relnotes