diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a555225823..97bd4533b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-10-30  Holger Hans Peter Freyther  <zecke@selfish.org>
+
+	* malloc/memusagestat.c (main): Fix spelling in an error message.
+
 2009-11-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* elf/dl-sym.c (do_sym): Properly handle STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols.
diff --git a/malloc/memusagestat.c b/malloc/memusagestat.c
index 4d57f2cc23..a5a315056b 100644
--- a/malloc/memusagestat.c
+++ b/malloc/memusagestat.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       || st.st_size < 2 * sizeof (struct entry))
     {
       close (fd);
-      error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "input file as incorrect size");
+      error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "input file has incorrect size");
     }
   /* Compute number of data entries.  */
   total = st.st_size / sizeof (struct entry) - 2;