diff --git a/RELEASING b/RELEASING
index 0d1bc343e..ee4a6e341 100644
--- a/RELEASING
+++ b/RELEASING
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ Here are the steps to follow to create a new cairo release:
 
 10) Send out an announcement message.
 
-	Semd a message to cairo-announce@cairographics.org and CC
+	Send a message to cairo-announce@cairographics.org and CC
 	cairo@cairographics.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org and
 	ftp-release@lists.freedesktop.org (pr@lwn.net as well for major
 	releases) to announce the new release using the text provided from
 	"make release-publish", adding the excerpt from NEWS, your
-    	signature, followed by the standard "What is cairo" and "Where to
-    	get more information about cairo" blurbs from README, and finally
-    	the shortlog of all changes since last release, generated by:
+	signature, followed by the standard "What is cairo" and "Where to
+	get more information about cairo" blurbs from README, and finally
+	the shortlog of all changes since last release, generated by:
 
 		git shortlog X.Y.Z...