diff --git a/src/frontends/Alert.h b/src/frontends/Alert.h
index 450bc2daac..a057811286 100644
--- a/src/frontends/Alert.h
+++ b/src/frontends/Alert.h
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 namespace Alert {
 
 /// show an alert message
-void alert(string const & s1, string const & s2 = string(),
-	   string const & s3 = string());
+void alert(string const & title, string const & s1 = string(),
+	   string const & s2 = string());
 
 /// show an alert message and strerror(errno)
 void err_alert(string const & s1, string const & s2 = string());
diff --git a/src/frontends/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/ChangeLog
index 82dabe97d3..71ef133500 100644
--- a/src/frontends/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-05-31  John Levon  <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>
+
+	* Alert.h: better variable name
+ 
 2002-05-29  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@birdstep.com>
 
 	* switch from SigC signals to boost::signals