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diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0d68ee81adb..7fe2962690e 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-02-20  Sam Steingold  <sds@gnu.org>
+
+        * textmodes/flyspell.el (flyspell-mode): Autoload the variable
+        since it is used in the menu bar.
+
 2002-02-20  Pavel Jan,Bm(Bk  <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 
         * tar-mode.el (tar-next-line, tar-previous-line): Add doc string,
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
index 44e5f9a92aa..d481c2799a4 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ property of the major mode name.")
 ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 (eval-when-compile (defvar flyspell-local-mouse-map))
 
+;;;###autoload
 (defvar flyspell-mode nil)
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'flyspell-mode)