2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9069623dd..918892b73 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2006-10-21  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+	* NEWS: (cp --backup fix): Fix a typo.
+
 	* .gitignore: Remove some references to files in subdirectories.
 	* build-aux/.gitignore, doc/.gitignore, lib/.gitignore: New files.
 	* m4/.gitignore, po/.gitignore, src/.gitignore: Likewise.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5959960dd..215d0fee0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   --from=o:g (chown only).  This bug was introduced with the switch to
   gnulib's openat-based variant of fts, for coreutils-6.0.
 
-  cp --backup dir1 dir2, would rename an existing dir1/dir2 to dir1/dir2~.
+  cp --backup dir1 dir2, would rename an existing dir2/dir1 to dir2/dir1~.
   This bug was introduced in coreutils-6.0.
 
   With --force (-f), rm no longer fails for ENOTDIR.