diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b045e7a2..5df99e4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ When posting an issue:
Please make sure you
1) Post a stack trace error, if no stack trace, then post the odd behavior
2) Post the exact steps you used in order to reproduce the issue.
-3) Give as much information as possible as to what the issue is and why it occured so that we can fix it.
+3) Give as much information as possible as to what the issue is and why it occurred so that we can fix it.
This branch is relatively unmaintained and will only support versions below 1.9.