diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 921e6794cc..6083702f02 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-07-01  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
+
+	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Fix typo in error
+	message.
+
 2012-06-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Return FALSE
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 1a5354895d..cb3f72f480 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ _bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd,
 	  if (!bfd_init_section_compress_status (abfd, newsect))
 	    {
 	      (*_bfd_error_handler)
-		(_("%B: unable to initialize commpress status for section %s"),
+		(_("%B: unable to initialize compress status for section %s"),
 		 abfd, name);
 	      return FALSE;
 	    }
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ _bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd,
 	  if (!bfd_init_section_decompress_status (abfd, newsect))
 	    {
 	      (*_bfd_error_handler)
-		(_("%B: unable to initialize decommpress status for section %s"),
+		(_("%B: unable to initialize decompress status for section %s"),
 		 abfd, name);
 	      return FALSE;
 	    }