diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/upgrade-remove-circuit-metadata-ec7d3c6b08781184.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/upgrade-remove-circuit-metadata-ec7d3c6b08781184.yaml
index af32e2b255..b54e867d17 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/upgrade-remove-circuit-metadata-ec7d3c6b08781184.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/upgrade-remove-circuit-metadata-ec7d3c6b08781184.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ upgrade:
     Circuit metadata such as the associated qubit indices and experiment type 
     are separately stored in the experiment metadata, and never used in the analysis.
     Removal of unnecessary circuit metadata compresses the job payload and 
-    thus expected to benefit scalability.
+    thus is expected to benefit scalability.