diff --git a/plug-ins/perl/Changes b/plug-ins/perl/Changes
index 7137cde183..629d1bf6db 100644
--- a/plug-ins/perl/Changes
+++ b/plug-ins/perl/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Revision history for Gimp-Perl extension.
-
+        - fixed typo in examples/xachvision
 	- added examples/circular_text by Mike Gherlone.
 
 1.21  Fri Mar  9 18:33:04 CET 2001
diff --git a/plug-ins/perl/examples/xachvision b/plug-ins/perl/examples/xachvision
index 28e8c3d779..9973ad378e 100755
--- a/plug-ins/perl/examples/xachvision
+++ b/plug-ins/perl/examples/xachvision
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use Gimp qw(:auto __ N_);
 use Gimp::Fu;
 
 register "xachvision",
-         "Xach Survielence Camera/XachVision",
+         "Xach Surveillance Camera/XachVision",
          "This makes an interlaced-looking machine vision type thing.",
          "Seth Burgess",
          "Seth Burgess <sjburges\@gimp.org>",