diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 48776fcbdc7..d3d6d3969c8 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-12-01  Chong Yidong  <cyd@gnu.org>
+
+	* fileio.c (Vauto_save_list_file_name): Doc fix.
+
 2012-11-30  Fabrice Popineau  <fabrice.popineau@gmail.com>
 
 	* w32fns.c: Remove prototype of atof.
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index a04eb8ecea1..490116dbc5c 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -5779,7 +5779,7 @@ This applies only to the operation `inhibit-file-name-operation'.  */);
   DEFVAR_LISP ("auto-save-list-file-name", Vauto_save_list_file_name,
 	       doc: /* File name in which we write a list of all auto save file names.
 This variable is initialized automatically from `auto-save-list-file-prefix'
-shortly after Emacs reads your `.emacs' file, if you have not yet given it
+shortly after Emacs reads your init file, if you have not yet given it
 a non-nil value.  */);
   Vauto_save_list_file_name = Qnil;