diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index e1a7757fbdb..504d1162b19 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2009-11-19  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+	* textmodes/flyspell.el (sgml-lexical-context): Declare.
+
 	* net/newst-treeview.el (newsticker-treeview-treewindow-width)
 	(newsticker-treeview-listwindow-height): Fix custom type.
 
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
index 9aaf466f0ed..54cb7da0c58 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ property of the major mode name.")
 (put 'html-mode 'flyspell-mode-predicate 'sgml-mode-flyspell-verify)
 (put 'nxml-mode 'flyspell-mode-predicate 'sgml-mode-flyspell-verify)
 
+(declare-function sgml-lexical-context "sgml-mode" &optional limit)
+
 (defun sgml-mode-flyspell-verify ()
   "Function used for `flyspell-generic-check-word-predicate' in SGML mode.
 Tag and attribute names are not spell checked, everything else is.