diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index 2f7c50f9bb71e7c209f267185021df9cb6ea6d2d..679071ba68903d5168cb07500fa7edda928b8a08 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2003-05-23  Nathanael Nerode <neroden@gcc.gnu.org>
 
+	* paranoia.cc: Fix spelling error.
+
 	* analyze_brprob, gcc_build, gennews, texi2pod.pl: Change GNU CC
 	to GCC.
 
diff --git a/contrib/paranoia.cc b/contrib/paranoia.cc
index 694d3d4509b33b77501cd959ed4fb7a971cb4133..ad9f8c8fda7864262b6be3481e6c5518fda959d2 100644
--- a/contrib/paranoia.cc
+++ b/contrib/paranoia.cc
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int verbose_index = 0;
 
 /* ====================================================================== */
 /* The implementation of the abstract floating point class based on gcc's
-   real.c.  I.e. the object of this excersize.  Templated so that we can
+   real.c.  I.e. the object of this exercise.  Templated so that we can
    all fp sizes.  */
 
 class real_c_float