diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 01bad2e5a4d..91b9594efa8 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-05-07  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
+
+	* minibuf.c (syms_of_minibuf) <history-length>: Fix typo in doc.
+
 2006-05-07  YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu  <mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
 
 	* mac.c (Fmac_clear_font_name_table): Move defun to macfns.c.
diff --git a/src/minibuf.c b/src/minibuf.c
index e9947079892..d4938415a1c 100644
--- a/src/minibuf.c
+++ b/src/minibuf.c
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ syms_of_minibuf ()
   DEFVAR_LISP ("history-length", &Vhistory_length,
 	       doc: /* *Maximum length for history lists before truncation takes place.
 A number means that length; t means infinite.  Truncation takes place
-just after a new element is inserted.  Setting the history-length
+just after a new element is inserted.  Setting the `history-length'
 property of a history variable overrides this default.  */);
   XSETFASTINT (Vhistory_length, 30);