diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 18ecd911..13e52174 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Changes for the upcoming release can be found in the `"changelog.d" directory <h
 
    See http://www.attrs.org/en/latest/contributing.html#changelog for details.
 
-   towncrier release notes start
+.. towncrier release notes start
 
 
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