diff --git a/docs/maintainers/upgrade.md b/docs/maintainers/upgrade.md
index 85385ff..4133790 100644
--- a/docs/maintainers/upgrade.md
+++ b/docs/maintainers/upgrade.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Sometimes it is not appropriate to provide a default and it is important that
 other Co-op Cloud operators make an informed choice about the setting of an
 environment variable. In this case, please consider leaving a note about your
 new environment variables in the release notes (see below). The release of this
-change should then be considered a break change and require a major release
+change should then be considered a breaking change and require a major release
 version.
 
 `abra` will also warn Co-op Cloud operators about missing environment variables