diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dfc9e585a8..1ad6be0657 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-01  Martin Nordholts  <martinn@svn.gnome.org>
+
+	* app/tools/gimprectangletool.c (gimp_rectangle_tool_start): Use ×
+	instead of x when initializing the rectangle size in the status
+	bar.
+
 2007-12-30  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/gegl/gimp-gegl-utils.[ch]: added new function
diff --git a/app/tools/gimprectangletool.c b/app/tools/gimprectangletool.c
index 25d8198c75..612c74322b 100644
--- a/app/tools/gimprectangletool.c
+++ b/app/tools/gimprectangletool.c
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ gimp_rectangle_tool_start (GimpRectangleTool *rect_tool,
 
   /* initialize the statusbar display */
   gimp_tool_push_status_coords (tool, tool->display,
-                                _("Rectangle: "), 0, " x ", 0, NULL);
+                                _("Rectangle: "), 0, " × ", 0, NULL);
 
   gimp_draw_tool_start (GIMP_DRAW_TOOL (tool), tool->display);