diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2c208a8eb5..15ff944535 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-07-16  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/errors.h (gimp_fatal_error, gimp_terminate): use G_GNUC_PRINTF.
+
 2006-07-14  Maurits  <m.rijk@chello.nl>
 
 	* plug-ins/imagemap/imap_grid.h
diff --git a/app/errors.h b/app/errors.h
index 289f9b3a87..107a719e90 100644
--- a/app/errors.h
+++ b/app/errors.h
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ void   gimp_error_log_func   (const gchar        *domain,
                               const gchar        *message,
                               gpointer            data) G_GNUC_NORETURN;
 
-void   gimp_fatal_error      (const gchar        *message,
-                              ...) G_GNUC_NORETURN ;
-void   gimp_terminate        (const gchar        *message,
-                              ...) G_GNUC_NORETURN;
+void   gimp_fatal_error      (const gchar        *format,
+                              ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2) G_GNUC_NORETURN;
+void   gimp_terminate        (const gchar        *format,
+                              ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (1, 2) G_GNUC_NORETURN;
 
 
 #endif /* __ERRORS_H__ */