diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14c3d4c13f9..182437c18f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -492,3 +492,8 @@ Released with 1.0.0-beta.37 code base.
 ### Changed
 
  - Changed getFeeHistory first parameter type from `number` to `hex` according to the [spec](https://playground.open-rpc.org/?schemaUrl=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereum/eth1.0-apis/assembled-spec/openrpc.json&uiSchema%5BappBar%5D%5Bui:splitView%5D=false&uiSchema%5BappBar%5D%5Bui:input%5D=false&uiSchema%5BappBar%5D%5Bui:examplesDropdown%5D=false) (#4529)
+
+## [1.7.1]
+
+### Fixed
+-  Fix a typo in the documentation for `methods.myMethod.send` (#4599)
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diff --git a/docs/web3-eth-contract.rst b/docs/web3-eth-contract.rst
index 47a4c225f62..7490f416638 100644
--- a/docs/web3-eth-contract.rst
+++ b/docs/web3-eth-contract.rst
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ Parameters
     * ``from`` - ``String``: The address the transaction should be sent from.
     * ``gasPrice`` - ``String`` (optional): The gas price in wei to use for this transaction.
     * ``gas`` - ``Number`` (optional): The maximum gas provided for this transaction (gas limit).
-    * ``value`` - ``Number|String|BN|BigNumber``(optional): The value transferred for the transaction in wei.
+    * ``value`` - ``Number|String|BN|BigNumber`` (optional): The value transferred for the transaction in wei.
     * ``nonce`` - ``Number`` (optional): the nonce number of transaction
 
 2. ``callback`` - ``Function`` (optional): This callback will be fired first with the "transactionHash", or with an error object as the first argument.