diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 91e2c193fb..1b518e45fa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-05-18  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
+
+	* manual/arith.texi (Parsing of Integers): Fix typo.
+	Closes PR libc/1744, reported by blp@gnu.org.
+
 2000-05-17  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/arm/bits/huge_val.h (HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF): Add
diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi
index 6c0402d680..511c7ce37f 100644
--- a/manual/arith.texi
+++ b/manual/arith.texi
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ digits begins with @samp{0} (specifying octal radix), or @samp{0x} or
 @samp{0X} (specifying hexadecimal radix); in other words, the same
 syntax used for integer constants in C.
 
-Otherwise @var{base} must have a value between @code{2} and @code{35}.
+Otherwise @var{base} must have a value between @code{2} and @code{36}.
 If @var{base} is @code{16}, the digits may optionally be preceded by
 @samp{0x} or @samp{0X}.  If base has no legal value the value returned
 is @code{0l} and the global variable @code{errno} is set to @code{EINVAL}.