diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index 5eeb98b325..8ba6955859 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed May 30 16:56:07 2001  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
+
+	* gtk/tmpl/gtkrc.sgml (pattern): Correct typoe when
+	describing order of composition. (#53371, Skip Montanaro)
+	
 2001-05-22  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtk-sections.txt: add gtk_bin_get_child
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkrc.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkrc.sgml
index aeceb3e5ec..e6727ce356 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkrc.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkrc.sgml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ or <literal>class</literal> declaration. All styles
 applying to a particular widget are composited together
 with <literal>widget</literal> declarations overriding
 <literal>widget_class</literal> declarations which, in
-turn, override <literal>widget</literal> declarations.
+turn, override <literal>class</literal> declarations.
 Within each type of declaration, later declarations override
 earlier ones.
 </para>