diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index 089d35b7b..4dd14acc4 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-04-15  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* glib/tmpl/types.sgml: Correct the description of the
+	gfloat and gdouble ranges.
+
 Tue Mar 16 12:06:09 2004  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* === Released 2.4.0 ===
diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/types.sgml b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/types.sgml
index a0ce13fe9..d9eec4445 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/types.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/types.sgml
@@ -194,14 +194,14 @@ This macro is used to insert 64-bit integer literals into the source code.
 <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gfloat ##### -->
 <para>
 Corresponds to the standard C <type>float</type> type.
-Values of this type can range from #G_MINFLOAT to #G_MAXFLOAT.
+Values of this type can range from -#G_MAXFLOAT to #G_MAXFLOAT.
 </para>
 
 
 <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gdouble ##### -->
 <para>
 Corresponds to the standard C <type>double</type> type.
-Values of this type can range from #G_MINDOUBLE to #G_MAXDOUBLE.
+Values of this type can range from -#G_MAXDOUBLE to #G_MAXDOUBLE.
 </para>
 
 
diff --git a/gobject/ChangeLog b/gobject/ChangeLog
index 75ef47670..81506134e 100644
--- a/gobject/ChangeLog
+++ b/gobject/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2004-04-15  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* gparamspecs.c (param_float_init): Correct the initial 
+	minimal value to be -G_MAXFLOAT. The initial values were 
+	inconsistant before, with the initial default being smaller 
+	than the inital minimum.	
+	(param_double_init): Correct the initial minimal value 
+	to be -G_MAXDOUBLE.
+
 Tue Mar  9 09:16:11 2004  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* === Released 2.4.0 ===
diff --git a/gobject/gparamspecs.c b/gobject/gparamspecs.c
index 93f9b9ded..b4a71a37c 100644
--- a/gobject/gparamspecs.c
+++ b/gobject/gparamspecs.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ param_float_init (GParamSpec *pspec)
 {
   GParamSpecFloat *fspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_FLOAT (pspec);
   
-  fspec->minimum = G_MINFLOAT;
+  fspec->minimum = -G_MAXFLOAT;
   fspec->maximum = G_MAXFLOAT;
   fspec->default_value = 0;
   fspec->epsilon = G_FLOAT_EPSILON;
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ param_double_init (GParamSpec *pspec)
 {
   GParamSpecDouble *dspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_DOUBLE (pspec);
   
-  dspec->minimum = G_MINDOUBLE;
+  dspec->minimum = -G_MAXDOUBLE;
   dspec->maximum = G_MAXDOUBLE;
   dspec->default_value = 0;
   dspec->epsilon = G_DOUBLE_EPSILON;