diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4dfb0b1bd8..fbb80ee365 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-02-13  Bill Skaggs  <weskaggs@primate.ucdavis.edu>
+
+	* plug-ins/common/vpropagate.c:  change "darker" to "lighter"
+	in tooltips, in response to comment #24 in bug #156545.
+	
 2008-02-13  Bill Skaggs  <weskaggs@primate.ucdavis.edu>
 
 	* app/widgets/gimpcolormapeditor.c:  change wording of new
diff --git a/plug-ins/common/vpropagate.c b/plug-ins/common/vpropagate.c
index 7a04c59a46..9304ce62bc 100644
--- a/plug-ins/common/vpropagate.c
+++ b/plug-ins/common/vpropagate.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ query (void)
                           args, NULL);
 
   gimp_install_procedure (ERODE_PROC,
-                          N_("Shrink darker areas of the image"),
+                          N_("Shrink lighter areas of the image"),
                           "Erode image",
                           "Shuji Narazaki (narazaki@InetQ.or.jp)",
                           "Shuji Narazaki",
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ query (void)
                           args, NULL);
 
   gimp_install_procedure (DILATE_PROC,
-                          N_("Grow darker areas of the image"),
+                          N_("Grow lighter areas of the image"),
                           "Dilate image",
                           "Shuji Narazaki (narazaki@InetQ.or.jp)",
                           "Shuji Narazaki",