diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-04-04  Neil Roberts  <neil@o-hand.com>
+
+	* README: Fixed typo
+
 2008-04-04  Matthew Allum  <mallum@openedhand.com>
 
 	* README:
diff --git a/README b/README
index f23f9b88b..adca28a23 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ Release Notes for Clutter 0.8
 
 * Actors now have a new 'show-on-set-parent' property set to TRUE by
   default. With this property set to TRUE, actors will automatically
-  automatically have clutter_actor_show() called on them when a parent
-  is set (i.e added to a container).
+  have clutter_actor_show() called on them when a parent is set (i.e
+  added to a container).
 
 * Clutter now features support for multiple stages assuming supported
   by the backend. See test-multistage.c for example of usage. This