diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1132613c..f1a91aab 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-02-15  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	patch #8895: Spelling in 6.2 code
+	* avrftdi.c (avrftdi_open): Spell fix.
+
 2016-02-15  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	patch #8896: Silence cppcheck warnings in 6.2 code
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 076257aa..0abf9805 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Current:
     - patch #8435: Implementing mEDBG CMSIS-DAP protocol
     - patch #8735: ATtiny28 support in avrdude.conf
     - patch #8896: Silence cppcheck warnings in 6.2 code
+    - patch #8895: Spelling in 6.2 code
 
   * Internals:
 
diff --git a/avrftdi.c b/avrftdi.c
index 71c7eef5..29d10332 100644
--- a/avrftdi.c
+++ b/avrftdi.c
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ static int avrftdi_open(PROGRAMMER * pgm, char *port)
 	
 	err = ftdi_usb_open_desc_index(pdata->ftdic, vid, pid, desc, serial, index);
 	if(err) {
-		log_err("Error %d occured: %s\n", err, ftdi_get_error_string(pdata->ftdic));
+		log_err("Error %d occurred: %s\n", err, ftdi_get_error_string(pdata->ftdic));
 		//stupid hack, because avrdude calls pgm->close() even when pgm->open() fails
 		//and usb_dev is intialized to the last usb device from probing
 		pdata->ftdic->usb_dev = NULL;