diff --git a/lisp/org/ChangeLog b/lisp/org/ChangeLog
index 8cfd1ccc9a1..ff7c0e50d2d 100644
--- a/lisp/org/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/org/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 2008-11-15  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
 
-	* org-publish.el (org-publish-attachment): Alow copy-file to
+	* org-publish.el (org-publish-attachment): Allow copy-file to
 	overwrite files.
 
 2008-11-13  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-publish.el b/lisp/org/org-publish.el
index aa8c495b732..bbd91805121 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-publish.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-publish.el
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ See `org-publish-org-to' to the list of arguments."
   ;; make sure eshell/cp code is loaded
   (unless (file-directory-p pub-dir)
     (make-directory pub-dir t))
-  (copy-file filename pub-dir))
+  (copy-file filename pub-dir t))
 
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