diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 186218eadb7..5599964daeb 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 2008-11-04  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
 
+	* subr.el (looking-back): Fix doc-string typo.
+
 	* electric.el (Electric-pop-up-window): Call window-end with
 	UPDATE set to t.
 
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index a4c04eee58f..ccb235b5c4d 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ before LIMIT.
 If GREEDY is non-nil, extend the match backwards as far as
 possible, stopping when a single additional previous character
 cannot be part of a match for REGEXP.  When the match is
-extended, its starting positiong is allowed to occur before
+extended, its starting position is allowed to occur before
 LIMIT."
   (let ((start (point))
 	(pos