diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index f87a3a1db3..1b617274e4 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-09-07  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	From Stephan Springl  <springl-gdb@bfw-online.de>
+	* fork-child.c (fork_inferior): Fix typo.
+
 2006-08-28  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
 
 	* m32c-tdep.c (m32c_decode_srcdest4): Initialize fields in sd
diff --git a/gdb/fork-child.c b/gdb/fork-child.c
index 894015120d..44049dc2a1 100644
--- a/gdb/fork-child.c
+++ b/gdb/fork-child.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ fork_inferior (char *exec_file_arg, char *allargs, char **env,
     (*pre_trace_fun) ();
 
   /* Create the child process.  Since the child process is going to
-     exec(3) shortlty afterwards, try to reduce the overhead by
+     exec(3) shortly afterwards, try to reduce the overhead by
      calling vfork(2).  However, if PRE_TRACE_FUN is non-null, it's
      likely that this optimization won't work since there's too much
      work to do between the vfork(2) and the exec(3).  This is known