diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 3b7283605e0..59683b50faa 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-08-30  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* subr.el (make-variable-frame-local): Tweak obsolescence message.
+
 2008-08-29  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
 	* image-mode.el (image-mode): Fix 2008-07-19 change.
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 0677f687180..1ae22dc1f5d 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -944,7 +944,8 @@ is converted into a string by expressing it in decimal."
 (make-obsolete 'focus-frame "it does nothing." "22.1")
 (defalias 'unfocus-frame 'ignore "")
 (make-obsolete 'unfocus-frame "it does nothing." "22.1")
-(make-obsolete 'make-variable-frame-local "use a frame-parameter instead." "22.2")
+(make-obsolete 'make-variable-frame-local
+	       "explicitly check for a frame-parameter instead." "22.2")
 
 ;;;; Obsolescence declarations for variables, and aliases.