diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 1e77ef5c708..1323e399a85 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2001-01-09  Peter Schmid<schmid@snake.iap.physik.tu-darmstadt.de>
+         * include/bits/std_complex.h: Fix a typo.
+
 2001-01-10  Loren J. Rittle  <ljrittle@acm.org>
 
 	* config/os/bsd/freebsd/bits/ctype_inline.h (is): (Make right
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/std_complex.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/std_complex.h
index 18e1b02b165..92a5223ec20 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/std_complex.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/std_complex.h
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ namespace std
     inline complex<_Tp>
     pow(const complex<_Tp>& __x, const complex<_Tp>& __y)
     {
-      return exp(__x * log(__x));
+      return exp(__y * log(__x));
     }
 
   template<typename _Tp>