diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d24174eefc..b912fc5783 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ git-annex (7.20190130) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     filesystem, that left the repository in indirect mode.
   * Fix path separator bug on Windows that completely broke git-annex
     since version 7.20190122.
-  * On Windows, avoid using rsync for file-to-file copies, since rsync is not
+  * On Windows, avoid using rsync for local copies, since rsync is not
     always available there.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:30:22 -0400