diff --git a/alien.pl b/alien.pl
index cc0c423..b78d9f9 100755
--- a/alien.pl
+++ b/alien.pl
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ all 4 package formats.
 
 =head1 ENVIRONMENT
 
-B<alien> recognizes the following environemnt variables:
+B<alien> recognizes the following environment variables:
 
 =over 4
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bfa231c..36338fd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+alien (8.79) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Typo. Closes: #554379
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:08:39 -0500
+
 alien (8.78) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Add support for rpm 4.7.0, which ignores the buildroot setting in the