diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 890cf0ef97ce09fa094aa77f208a0b6dcb02779a..6579cc48fd51df959d2189cee73048c0b7362666 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -4055,7 +4055,7 @@
 
 	* functions.texi (Function Safety): Texinfo usage fix.
 
-2009-01-04  Eduard Wiebe  <usenet@pusto.de>  (tiny patch)
+2009-01-04  Eduard Wiebe  <usenet@pusto.de>  (tiny change)
 
 	* objects.texi (General Escape Syntax): Fix typo.
 
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index a537c07b769d8501e2f1be18c3d6f12e5270a940..5b0ff7055ba63c75480ce3864f6a588235d5af04 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2012-08-10  Joakim Hårsman  <joakim.harsman@gmail.com>  (tiny patch)
+2012-08-10  Joakim Hårsman  <joakim.harsman@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
 	    Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
 	Fix bug #10299 with Unicode characters sent by customized
@@ -10068,7 +10068,7 @@
 
 	* Makefile.in (SETTINGS_LIBS): Fix typo.
 
-2011-07-01  Kazuhiro Ito  <kzhr@d1.dion.ne.jp>  (tiny patch)
+2011-07-01  Kazuhiro Ito  <kzhr@d1.dion.ne.jp>  (tiny change)
 
 	* coding.c (Fencode_coding_string): Record the last coding system
 	used, as the function doc string says (bug#8738).