diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-2.6.0.rst b/doc/en/announce/release-2.6.0.rst
index 56fbd6cc1..c00df5857 100644
--- a/doc/en/announce/release-2.6.0.rst
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-2.6.0.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ holger krekel
 - cleanup setup.py a bit and specify supported versions. Thanks Jurko
   Gospodnetic for the PR.
 
-- change XPASS colour to yellow rather then red when tests are run
+- change XPASS colour to yellow rather than red when tests are run
   with -v.
 
 - fix issue473: work around mock putting an unbound method into a class
diff --git a/doc/en/changelog.rst b/doc/en/changelog.rst
index c39267200..48adb30ca 100644
--- a/doc/en/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/en/changelog.rst
@@ -8534,7 +8534,7 @@ time or change existing behaviors in order to make them less surprising/more use
 - cleanup setup.py a bit and specify supported versions. Thanks Jurko
   Gospodnetic for the PR.
 
-- change XPASS colour to yellow rather then red when tests are run
+- change XPASS colour to yellow rather than red when tests are run
   with -v.
 
 - fix issue473: work around mock putting an unbound method into a class