diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d267268d27a326070bc17ac9fb4c379f293bf2de..5522d837c64ac1acd9e00fa98b4cd128bdc5e845 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2014-07-11  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/files.c (write_lockfile): Refix typo in error message.
+
 GNU nano 2.3.5 - 2014.07.11
 2014-07-11  Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* src/files.c (do_lockfile, open_file): If locking fails,
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 6d8c3062f3416604644b4481a73ddb335a0ec7c6..34a76ba38b59d39c48152e7c7e47b1380b18e282 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int write_lockfile(const char *lockfilename, const char *origfilename, bool modi
     mypid = getpid();
 
     if (gethostname(myhostname, 31) < 0) {
-       statusbar(_("Couldn't determine hosttname for lock file: %s"), strerror(errno));
+       statusbar(_("Couldn't determine hostname for lock file: %s"), strerror(errno));
        return -1;
     }