diff --git a/changelog.dd b/changelog.dd
index 5e48ffbda..a513fbe47 100644
--- a/changelog.dd
+++ b/changelog.dd
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ $(VERSION 057, ddd mm, 2011, =================================================,
      )
 
     $(LIBBUGSFIXED
+        $(LI $(BUGZILLA 6990): std.string.splitlines deprecation doc missing a word)
      )
  )
 
diff --git a/std/string.d b/std/string.d
index b3a8fbb02..a1e96b3a9 100644
--- a/std/string.d
+++ b/std/string.d
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ deprecated S repeat(S)(S s, size_t n)
 
 /**************************************
  * $(RED Scheduled for deprecation in January 2012.
- *       Please use $(LREF, splitLines) instead.)
+ *       Please use $(LREF splitLines) instead.)
  *
  * Split s[] into an array of lines,
  * using CR, LF, or CR-LF as the delimiter.