diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 8ac6c25b19..42e1532a5d 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Chore:
 - Bumps mistune to a secure version
 - Bumps protobuf dependencies to address dependabot security warning
 - Improves command regex on `scripts/check_doc_ipfs_hashes.py`
-- Cleans tox definitions and Makefile targets to align with the latest changes
+- Updates tox definitions and Makefile targets to align with the latest changes
 
 ## 1.16.0 (2022-08-18)