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 2006-12-01  Ben North  <ben@redfrontdoor.org>
 
 	* paren.el: Fix the highlight overlay extension when the user types a
-	sequence of char very fast just after the open parenthesis.
+	sequence of char very fast just before the open parenthesis.
 
 2006-12-01  Vinicius Jose Latorre  <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>