diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index beeede5995..bbb0b7f787 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Dec 11 11:42:10 2011  Kazuki Tsujimoto  <kazuki@callcc.net>
+
+	* ext/syslog/syslog.c: fix a typo. [ruby-core:41585] [Bug #5740]
+
 Sun Dec 11 10:48:16 2011  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* error.c (exit_initialize): deal with true and false as well as
diff --git a/ext/syslog/syslog.c b/ext/syslog/syslog.c
index f7d622ef34..02f36aaf25 100644
--- a/ext/syslog/syslog.c
+++ b/ext/syslog/syslog.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static VALUE mSyslog_close(VALUE self)
  * LOG_KERN:: A kernel message (not sendable by user processes, so not of
  *            much use to Ruby, but listed here for completeness).
  *
- * LOG_LRP:: Line printer subsystem.
+ * LOG_LPR:: Line printer subsystem.
  *
  * LOG_MAIL:: Mail delivery or transport subsystem.
  *