diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index b7a4c19e4f..09ce2b72e1 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
   derives from wxObject; instead of using wxDynamicCast with wxVariantData you
   can use the macro wxDynamicCastVariantData with the same arguments.
 
-- wxWindow::Next/PrevControlId() don't exist any more as they can't be
+- wxWindow::Next/PrevControlId() don't exist any more as they couldn't be
   implemented correctly any longer because automatically generated ids are not
-  necessarily allocated consecutively any more. Use GetChildren() to find the
+  necessarily allocated consecutively now. Use GetChildren() to find the
   next/previous control sibling instead.
 
 - Calling wxConfig::Write() with an enum value will fail to compile because