diff --git a/changelog.d/12612.bugfix b/changelog.d/12612.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c39e97f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/12612.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a typo in the announcement text generated by the Synapse release development script.
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diff --git a/scripts-dev/release.py b/scripts-dev/release.py
index f4269e09b..0031ba3e4 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/release.py
+++ b/scripts-dev/release.py
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ def announce() -> None:
         f"""
 Hi everyone. Synapse {current_version} has just been released.
 
-[notes](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/{tag_name}) |\
+[notes](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/{tag_name}) | \
 [docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse/tags?name={tag_name}) | \
 [debs](https://packages.matrix.org/debian/) | \
 [pypi](https://pypi.org/project/matrix-synapse/{current_version}/)"""