diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.5.1.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.5.1.txt
index 967d78d148..3a640d1252 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.5.1.txt
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.5.1.txt
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ the parent project can only be pushed/submitted by Gerrit
 administrators.
 +
 In addition it is now no longer possible to
-- set a non-existing project as parent (as this would make the project
++
+** set a non-existing project as parent (as this would make the project
   be orphaned)
-- set a parent project for the `All-Projects` root project (the root
+** set a parent project for the `All-Projects` root project (the root
   project by definition has no parent)
 by pushing changes of the `project.config` file to `refs/meta/config`.