diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index b7940bce2..01f8d0c08 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 2002-05-12  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
-	* syscalls.cc (_read): Change error to EBADF if attempt to write to a
-	non-writable fd.
+	* syscalls.cc (_read): Change error to EBADF if attempt to read from a
+	non-readable fd.
 
 2002-05-11  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 2002-05-09 Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* syscalls.cc (_write): Change error to EBADF if attempt to write to a
-	non-writable fd.
+	non-writeable fd.
 
 2002-05-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>