diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index dc13a7cae9..0032c51559 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2008-12-28  Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/building.sgml: It's <envar>, not <envvar>
+
 	* gtk/gtk-sections.txt: Remove duplicates
 
 2008-12-28  Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/building.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/building.sgml
index a32b725ed3..1842d3708a 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/building.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/building.sgml
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ How to compile GTK+ itself
           for mime types that are used by GIO and, indirectly, by GTK+. 
           gdk-pixbuf will use GIO for mime type detection if possible. For this 
           to work, shared-mime-info needs to be installed and 
-          <envvar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envvar> set accordingly at configure time. 
+          <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar> set accordingly at configure time. 
           Otherwise, gdk-pixbuf falls back to its built-in mime type detection.
         </para>
       </listitem>