diff --git a/VERSIONING b/VERSIONING
index 613f19ca7d7..176cdc5d050 100644
--- a/VERSIONING
+++ b/VERSIONING
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ keeping the stable tree as safe as possible:
     stable release due to API change requirements.
 
   * The stable subversion tree should not remain unstable at any time.  Atomic 
-    commits aught be used to introduce code from the development version to the 
+    commits ought be used to introduce code from the development version to the 
     stable  tree.  At any given time a security release may be in preparation, 
     unbeknownst to other contributors.  At any given time, testers may be
     checking out SVN trunk to confirm that a bug has been corrected.  And as