diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5ddb5cffe..f3a8e9b4d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ New features
   like ``-D key=val1,val2``.
 
 * #668: Allow line numbering of ``code-block`` and ``literalinclude`` directives
-  #to start at an arbitrary line number, with a new ``lineno-start`` option.
+  to start at an arbitrary line number, with a new ``lineno-start`` option.
 
 Bugs fixed
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