diff --git a/e2fsck/ChangeLog b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
index 612df296..6db0fe64 100644
--- a/e2fsck/ChangeLog
+++ b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2001-01-03    <tytso@snap.thunk.org>
 
+	* message.c: Add @j abbreviation for journal.
+
 	* jfs_user.h: Moved contents of jfs_e2fsck.h into jfs_user.h.
 
 	* journal.c (e2fsck_check_ext3_journal): Force a fsck if we remove
diff --git a/e2fsck/message.c b/e2fsck/message.c
index aaff03c0..90861f95 100644
--- a/e2fsck/message.c
+++ b/e2fsck/message.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
  * 	@C	conflicts with some other fs block
  * 	@i	inode
  * 	@I	illegal
+ * 	@j	journal
  * 	@D	deleted
  * 	@d	directory
  * 	@e	entry
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ static const char *abbrevs[] = {
 	N_("Cconflicts with some other fs @b"),
 	N_("iinode"),
 	N_("Iillegal"),
+	N_("jjournal"),
 	N_("Ddeleted"),
 	N_("ddirectory"),
 	N_("eentry"),