diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 11eeeb080..8536b3a54 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2005-05-25  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/WriteGedcom.py (write_person): Typo.
+
 2005-05-25  Richard Taylor <rjt-gramps@thegrindstone.me.uk>
 	* src/plugins/ScratchPad.py: disabled search because it does not do 
 	  what the user expects.
diff --git a/gramps2/src/WriteGedcom.py b/gramps2/src/WriteGedcom.py
index 094c0abb4..e4bd06249 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/WriteGedcom.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/WriteGedcom.py
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ class GedcomWriter:
             death = self.db.get_event_from_handle(death_handle)
             if death_handle and death and not (self.private and death.get_privacy()):
                 if not death.get_date_object().is_empty() or death.get_place_handle():
-                    if birth.get_description() != "":
+                    if death.get_description() != "":
                         self.writeln("1 DEAT %s" % death.get_description())
                     else:
                         self.writeln("1 DEAT")