diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index c94fe9d0d57..85e71c65bc8 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-05-05  Markus Rost  <rost@math.ohio-state.edu>
+
+	* time-stamp.el (time-stamp-format): Escape open parenthesis in
+	column 0.
+
 2002-05-04  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
 	* toolbar/tool-bar.el (tool-bar-local-item-from-menu):
diff --git a/lisp/time-stamp.el b/lisp/time-stamp.el
index 577faf80715..5fdebabcc79 100644
--- a/lisp/time-stamp.el
+++ b/lisp/time-stamp.el
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ A string is used verbatim except for character sequences beginning
 with %, as follows.  The values of non-numeric formatted items depend
 on the locale setting recorded in `system-time-locale' and
 `locale-coding-system'.  The examples here are for the default
-(`C') locale.
+\(`C') locale.
 
 %:a  weekday name: `Monday'.		%#A gives uppercase: `MONDAY'
 %3a  abbreviated weekday: `Mon'.	%3A gives uppercase: `MON'