diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4def162faa..b289c42da2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-11-05  Christian Dywan  <christian@imendio.com>
+
+	Bug 559404 – gtk_editable_insert_text counts length in bytes
+
+	* gtk/gtkeditable.c:
+	Document new_text_length as the number of bytes
+
 2008-11-05  Richard Hult  <richard@imendio.com>
 
 	* gdk/quartz/gdkwindow-quartz.c:
diff --git a/gtk/gtkeditable.c b/gtk/gtkeditable.c
index 16e839901a..40f4986f11 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkeditable.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkeditable.c
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ gtk_editable_base_init (gpointer g_class)
  * gtk_editable_insert_text:
  * @editable: a #GtkEditable
  * @new_text: the text to append
- * @new_text_length: the text to append
+ * @new_text_length: the length of the text in bytes, or -1
  * @position: position text will be inserted at
  *
- * Appends @new_text_length characters of @new_text to the contents of the widget,
+ * Appends @new_text_length bytes of @new_text to the contents of the widget,
  * at position @position. Note that this position is in characters, not in bytes.
  **/
 void