2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 9a6179d4eb8..3e8e59dd17b 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-04-06  Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
+
+        * textmodes/flyspell.el (flyspell-duplicate-distance): Improve
+        custom type.
+
 2008-04-06  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * calendar/diary-lib.el (diary-sexp-entry-symbol):
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
index 131adad60ae..33e245c4bf6 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ This variable specifies how far to search to find such a duplicate.
 0 means do not search for duplicate unrecognized spellings."
   :group 'flyspell
   :version "21.1"
-  :type 'number)
+  :type '(choice (const :tag "no limit" -1)
+                 number))
 
 (defcustom flyspell-delay 3
   "The number of seconds to wait before checking, after a \"delayed\" command."