diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 21bed706a..17d18c696 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-06-16  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+	* src/main.c (main): fix spelling error, #85452
+
 2002-06-15  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* src/keybindings.c (meta_display_process_key_event): don't pass a
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index c05220599..913a23724 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     meta_ui_set_current_theme ("Crux", FALSE);
 
   if (!meta_ui_have_a_theme ())
-    meta_fatal (_("Could not find a theme! Be sure %s exits and contains the usual themes."),
+    meta_fatal (_("Could not find a theme! Be sure %s exists and contains the usual themes."),
                 METACITY_PKGDATADIR"/themes");
   
   /* Connect to SM as late as possible - but before managing display,