diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cb435ad4..cfd063f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-08-15  David Lawrence Ramsey  <pooka109@gmail.com>
+
+	* Makefile.am: Remove erroneous backslash after
+	ChangeLog.pre-2.1 in EXTRA_DIST, so that "make dist" works
+	again.
+
 2007-08-11  David Lawrence Ramsey  <pooka109@gmail.com>
 
 	* COPYING: Add a copy of the GNU GPL version 3.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 693e285a..0bd4e84d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu no-dependencies
 SUBDIRS = doc m4 po src
 
 EXTRA_DIST = ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS BUGS COPYING ChangeLog \
-		ChangeLog.pre-2.1 \ INSTALL NEWS README README.CVS \
+		ChangeLog.pre-2.1 INSTALL NEWS README README.CVS \
 		THANKS TODO UPGRADE config.rpath install-sh missing \
 		mkinstalldirs nano.spec