diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0ef61f48679..efb428313e2 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2012-01-17  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+	* isearch.el (search-nonincremental-instead): Fix doc typo.
+
 	* dired.el (dired-insert-directory): Handle newlines in directory name.
 	(dired-build-subdir-alist): Unescape newlines in directory name.
 
diff --git a/lisp/isearch.el b/lisp/isearch.el
index a6cc69be9a6..ce759116860 100644
--- a/lisp/isearch.el
+++ b/lisp/isearch.el
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ in Isearch mode is always downcased."
   :group 'isearch)
 
 (defcustom search-nonincremental-instead t
-  "If non-nil, do a nonincremental search instead if exiting immediately.
+  "If non-nil, do a nonincremental search instead of exiting immediately.
 Actually, `isearch-edit-string' is called to let you enter the search
 string, and RET terminates editing and does a nonincremental search."
   :type 'boolean