diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 3fefaa56a014..1b80bf75d49f 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-03-15  Gabriel Dos Reis  <gdr@merlin.codesourcery.com>
+
+	* include/bits/basic_string.tcc (operator+): Fix thinko.
+
 2001-03-14  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
 
 	libstdc++/2020
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.tcc b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.tcc
index ef26ea3c9fa5..7c74b6747103 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.tcc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.tcc
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ namespace std
       __string_type __str;
       __size_type __len = __rhs.size();
       __str.reserve(__len + 1);
-      __str.append(__string_type::size_type(1), __lhs);
+      __str.append(__size_type(1), __lhs);
       __str.append(__rhs);
       return __str;
     }