diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 3b91457c2..dfff4fc4f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	* dcrt0.cc (hMainProc): Initialize to useful value for use when dll is
 	dynamically loaded.
 	(shared_info::initialize): Don't initialize user stuff if myself
-	doesn't exit.
+	doesn't exist.
 
 2003-10-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>