2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 68aee396f48..f2a617e8531 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-01-05  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+        * simple.el (backward-kill-word): Doc fix.
+
 2007-01-05  Romain Francoise  <romain@orebokech.com>
 
         * international/mule.el (sgml-html-meta-auto-coding-function):
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index da0f95c0ec6..4edff54bf06 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -4096,7 +4096,7 @@ With argument, do this that many times."
   (kill-region (point) (progn (forward-word arg) (point))))
 
 (defun backward-kill-word (arg)
-  "Kill characters backward until encountering the end of a word.
+  "Kill characters backward until encountering the beginning of a word.
 With argument, do this that many times."
   (interactive "p")
   (kill-word (- arg)))