diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8-NOTES.md b/docs/releases/1.8-NOTES.md
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ remains the default.  We will likely change the default to stretch in kops 1.9 o
 *AWS*:
 
 * New instance types: P3, C5, M5, H1.  Please note that NVME volumes are not supported on the default jessie
-image, so masters will not boot on M5 and C5 instance types unless a stretch image is chosen (change stretch to jessie in the image name).
+image, so masters will not boot on M5 and C5 instance types unless a stretch image is chosen (change jessie to stretch in the image name).
 Also kubernetes will not support mounting persistent volumes on NVME instances until Kubernetes v1.9.
 * Support for root provisioned IOPS.
 * Properly tag public and private subnets for ELB creation in advanced network topologies