diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 701f91a26e..3c78990cd7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-05-07  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtkscale.c: GtkScale is supposed to be an abstract type.
+
 2006-05-06  Matthias Clasen   <mclasen@redhat.com>
 	
 	* gdk/gdkwindow.c (gdk_window_get_toplevels): Fix a wrong
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index 701f91a26e..3c78990cd7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-05-07  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtkscale.c: GtkScale is supposed to be an abstract type.
+
 2006-05-06  Matthias Clasen   <mclasen@redhat.com>
 	
 	* gdk/gdkwindow.c (gdk_window_get_toplevels): Fix a wrong
diff --git a/gtk/gtkscale.c b/gtk/gtkscale.c
index 89def27d0b..6786ca5f74 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkscale.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkscale.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static void gtk_scale_finalize         (GObject       *object);
 static void gtk_scale_screen_changed   (GtkWidget     *widget,
                                         GdkScreen     *old_screen);
 
-G_DEFINE_TYPE (GtkScale, gtk_scale, GTK_TYPE_RANGE);
+G_DEFINE_ABSTRACT_TYPE (GtkScale, gtk_scale, GTK_TYPE_RANGE);
 
 static gboolean
 single_string_accumulator (GSignalInvocationHint *ihint,