diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ecc50541e..8a162c60d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-02-19  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+	* bootstrap: Fix typo s/dowloading/downloading/ in --help output.
+
 2007-02-18  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
 	* src/system.h: Don't include exit.h, now that it's subsumed
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 215d3e82c..f8f8de364 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Options:
  --gnulib-srcdir=DIRNAME  Specify the local directory where gnulib
                           sources reside.  Use this if you already
                           have gnulib sources on your machine, and
-                          do not want to waste your bandwidth dowloading
+                          do not want to waste your bandwidth downloading
                           them again.
  --copy                   Copy files instead of creating symbolic links.
  --force                  Attempt to bootstrap even if the sources seem