diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index d1b0afec8..632f2acb5 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-05-28  Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com>
+
+	* libc/include/sys/wait.h: Fix comment.
+
 2015-05-27  David Stacey  <drstacey@tiscali.co.uk>
 
 	* libc/argz/argz_replace.c: Fix potential memory leak.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/sys/wait.h b/newlib/libc/include/sys/wait.h
index 73fe37202..f17e53f12 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/sys/wait.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/sys/wait.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define WUNTRACED 2
 
 /* A status looks like:
-      <2 bytes info> <2 bytes code>
+      <1 byte info> <1 byte code>
 
       <code> == 0, child has exited, info is the exit value
       <code> == 1..7e, child has exited, info is the signal number.