diff --git a/tips/ChangeLog b/tips/ChangeLog
index beee9f8a4f..e016ac4e04 100644
--- a/tips/ChangeLog
+++ b/tips/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-05-10  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* gimp-tips.xml.in: the menu's called "Layer", not "Layers" (bug
+	#142279, spotted by Branko Collin).
+
 2004-04-20  Takeshi AIHANA <aihana@gnome.gr.jp>
 
 	* ja.po: Updated Japanese translation by
diff --git a/tips/gimp-tips.xml.in b/tips/gimp-tips.xml.in
index 88d137890f..b5a414cecc 100644
--- a/tips/gimp-tips.xml.in
+++ b/tips/gimp-tips.xml.in
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     Not all effects can be applied to all kinds of images.  This is
     indicated by a grayed-out menu-entry.  You may need to change
     the image mode to RGB (Image-&gt;Mode-&gt;RGB), add an alpha-channel
-    (Layers-&gt;Transparency-&gt;Add Alpha Channel) or flatten it
+    (Layer-&gt;Transparency-&gt;Add Alpha Channel) or flatten it
     (Image-&gt;Flatten Image).
     </_thetip>
   </tip>