diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 96244e7695..260b2b7e8d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-01-18  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	Bug 567655 – gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_text and 
+	gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_markup should use gchar*
+
+	* gtk/gtkstatusicon.h: Use "const gchar*" in new tooltip api.
+	Pointed out by Torsten Schoenfeld.
+
 2009-01-18  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* demos/gtk-demo/search_entry.c: End the search if the window
diff --git a/gtk/gtkstatusicon.h b/gtk/gtkstatusicon.h
index 6d276b9def..19db689a30 100755
--- a/gtk/gtkstatusicon.h
+++ b/gtk/gtkstatusicon.h
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ void                  gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip        (GtkStatusIcon      *st
 void                  gtk_status_icon_set_has_tooltip    (GtkStatusIcon      *status_icon,
                                                           gboolean            has_tooltip);
 void                  gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_text   (GtkStatusIcon      *status_icon,
-                                                          const char         *text);
+                                                          const gchar        *text);
 void                  gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip_markup (GtkStatusIcon      *status_icon,
-                                                          const char         *markup);
+                                                          const gchar        *markup);
 void                  gtk_status_icon_set_visible        (GtkStatusIcon      *status_icon,
 							  gboolean            visible);
 gboolean              gtk_status_icon_get_visible        (GtkStatusIcon      *status_icon);