diff --git a/gio/ChangeLog b/gio/ChangeLog
index 8b10920ab..370f9945f 100644
--- a/gio/ChangeLog
+++ b/gio/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-11-28  Christian Dywan  <christian@imendio.com>
+
+	* gappinfo.c: Fix a typo, s/detext/detect. Patch by Enrico Tröger.
+
 2008-11-28  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	Bug 559633 – gtk_image_new_from_gicon does not always work for
diff --git a/gio/gappinfo.c b/gio/gappinfo.c
index 9b82cf2d8..a7feee5d1 100644
--- a/gio/gappinfo.c
+++ b/gio/gappinfo.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ g_app_info_should_show (GAppInfo *appinfo)
  *
  * Utility function that launches the default application 
  * registered to handle the specified uri. Synchronous I/O
- * is done on the uri to detext the type of the file if
+ * is done on the uri to detect the type of the file if
  * required.
  * 
  * Returns: %TRUE on success, %FALSE on error.