diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 7a18954f59d..864a91e0e51 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-02-03  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+	* vc-hooks.el (vc-path): Make it an obsolete var, rather than function.
+
 2010-02-02  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
 	* textmodes/ispell.el (ispell-message-text-end): Remove final newline
diff --git a/lisp/vc-hooks.el b/lisp/vc-hooks.el
index b46561428ee..01c1dc822df 100644
--- a/lisp/vc-hooks.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-hooks.el
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ An empty list disables VC altogether."
   :type '(repeat directory)
   :group 'vc)
 
-(make-obsolete 'vc-path "should not be necessary anymore." "23.2")
+(make-obsolete-variable 'vc-path "should not be necessary anymore." "23.2")
 
 (defcustom vc-make-backup-files nil
   "If non-nil, backups of registered files are made as with other files.