diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index 396eb665c..1101c78f3 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-07-28  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml: Clarify docs for 
+	g_get_real_name().  (#143552, Danek Duvall)
+
 Fri Jul 23 10:39:40 2004  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
 
 	* glib/tmpl/limits.sgml: Fix the docs for G_MAXSIZE.  (#148262,
diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml
index 426c5fe3d..f74fb14c0 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/misc_utils.sgml
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ Gets the user name of the current user.
 <para>
 Gets the real name of the user. This usually comes from the user's entry in the
 <filename>passwd</filename> file. The encoding of the returned string is system
-defined.
+defined. If the real user name cannot be determined, the string "Unknown" is 
+returned.
 </para>
 
 @Returns: the user's real name.