diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index e6169aad14c..378e5388ecb 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-01-05  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
+
+	* faces.el (momentary): Move here ... 
+	* subr.el (momentary): ... from here.
+
 2007-01-05  Nick Roberts  <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
 
 	* progmodes/gdb-ui.el (gdb-max-children): New customizable variable.
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 31d220a8dd3..f37f6ffc2e6 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -1884,11 +1884,6 @@ menu bar menus and the frame title."
   (if all (save-excursion (set-buffer (other-buffer))))
   (set-buffer-modified-p (buffer-modified-p)))
 
-(defface momentary
-  '((t (:inherit mode-line)))
-  "Face for momentarily displaying text in the current buffer."
-  :group 'display)
-
 (defun momentary-string-display (string pos &optional exit-char message)
   "Momentarily display STRING in the buffer at POS.
 Display remains until next event is input.