diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ad1e6f6fea..483b1e327a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-05-11  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* docs/gimptool.1.in: fixed spelling.
+
 2004-05-11  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/widgets/gimpcontainertreeview.c: minor cleanup.
diff --git a/docs/gimptool.1.in b/docs/gimptool.1.in
index 2763774585..c3bcfc5758 100644
--- a/docs/gimptool.1.in
+++ b/docs/gimptool.1.in
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ to get the preferred flags to pass to the C compiler for plug-in building.
 to add a prefix to the install/uninstall path.
 .TP 8
 .B LDFLAGS
-to get the prefered flags for passing to the linker.
+to get the preferred flags for passing to the linker.
 .TP 8
 .B LIBS
 for passing extra libs that may be needed in the build process. For example,