diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a48d59440..97b9c53fb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-07-16  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	Bug 542332 – small fix for error message in GMarkup
+	
+	* glib/gmarkup.c: Improve an error message. 
+	Patch by Ryan Lortie
+
 2008-07-14  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	Bug 428048 – 2 of 51 tests fail on Solaris
diff --git a/glib/gmarkup.c b/glib/gmarkup.c
index 87e8ed4b6..363c57f9b 100644
--- a/glib/gmarkup.c
+++ b/glib/gmarkup.c
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ g_markup_parse_context_parse (GMarkupParseContext *context,
                                error,
                                G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
                                _("Odd character '%s', expected a '>' character "
-                                 "to end the start tag of element '%s'"),
+                                 "to end the empty-element tag '%s'"),
                                utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
                                current_element (context));
                   }