diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0a7cf4ece0..c776db92e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ Changes in version 0.2.0.20-?? - 2008-02-??
       as a "close".  Stop calling closes "unexpected closes": existing
       Tors don't use SSL_close(), so having a connection close without
       the TLS shutdown handshake is hardly unexpected.
+    - Send NAMESERVER_STATUS messages for a single failed nameserver
+      correctly.
 
   o Code simplifications and refactoring:
     - Remove the tor_strpartition function: its logic was confused,
diff --git a/src/or/dns.c b/src/or/dns.c
index a617130bdf..bb932450f5 100644
--- a/src/or/dns.c
+++ b/src/or/dns.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ evdns_log_cb(int warn, const char *msg)
   }
   if (!strcmpstart(msg, "Nameserver ") && (cp=strstr(msg, " has failed: "))) {
     char *ns = tor_strndup(msg+11, cp-(msg+11));
-    const char *err = strchr(cp, ':'+2);
+    const char *err = strchr(cp, ':')+2;
     tor_assert(err);
     /* Don't warn about a single failed nameserver; we'll warn with 'all
      * nameservers have failed' if we're completely out of nameservers;