diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 41486a3527..49feb19e97 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-07-15  Zaheer Abbas Merali  <zaheerabbas at merali.org>
+
+	* docs/manual/motivation.xml: Fix spelling
+
 2004-07-15  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
 
 	* gst/gstelement.h: 
diff --git a/docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml b/docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml
index c66704f4a4..183d38ce94 100644
--- a/docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/intro-motivation.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         If you want to convert an MPEG2 video stream into an AVI file, your best
         option would be to take all of the MPEG2 decoding algorithms out
         of the player and duplicate them into your own AVI encoder. These 
-        algorithms cannot easily be shared accross applications.
+        algorithms cannot easily be shared across applications.
       </para> 
       <para>
         Attempts have been made to create libraries for handling various media types.
diff --git a/docs/manual/motivation.xml b/docs/manual/motivation.xml
index c66704f4a4..183d38ce94 100644
--- a/docs/manual/motivation.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/motivation.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         If you want to convert an MPEG2 video stream into an AVI file, your best
         option would be to take all of the MPEG2 decoding algorithms out
         of the player and duplicate them into your own AVI encoder. These 
-        algorithms cannot easily be shared accross applications.
+        algorithms cannot easily be shared across applications.
       </para> 
       <para>
         Attempts have been made to create libraries for handling various media types.