diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8ffceab1..4d9150c2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-08-28  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* src/passwd.c: Fix a typo in the Usage string.
+
 2008-08-28  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* src/grpconv.c, src/groups.c: Name the parameters in the
diff --git a/src/passwd.c b/src/passwd.c
index 8f250883..10461d11 100644
--- a/src/passwd.c
+++ b/src/passwd.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static void usage (int status)
 	         "  -S, --status                  report password status on the named account\n"
 	         "  -u, --unlock                  unlock the password of the named account\n"
 	         "  -w, --warndays WARN_DAYS      set expiration warning days to WARN_DAYS\n"
-	         "  -x, --maxdays MAX_DAYS        set maximim number of days before password\n"
+	         "  -x, --maxdays MAX_DAYS        set maximum number of days before password\n"
 	         "                                change to MAX_DAYS\n"
 	         "\n"), stderr);
 	exit (status);