diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 0bb91878a..43bdd6f81 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	on NT by calling unlink_nt.  Check for directory here.
 	* syscalls.cc (try_to_bin): Fix buggy debug_printf statement.
 	(unlink_nt): Make non-static.  Don't use delete-on-close semantics on
-	directoires.  Explain why.
+	directories.  Explain why.
 
 2007-01-24  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>