diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 025b199c..e6be4bf3 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-09-24  Micah Cowan  <micah@cowan.name>
+
+	* host.c (host_errstr): host_errstr should return const char *.
+
 2009-09-22  Micah Cowan  <micah@cowan.name>
 
 	* Makefile.am (version.c): Explicitly tell Mercurial where the
diff --git a/src/host.c b/src/host.c
index dffb5a65..a660c5a0 100644
--- a/src/host.c
+++ b/src/host.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ gethostbyname_with_timeout (const char *host_name, double timeout)
 }
 
 /* Print error messages for host errors.  */
-static char *
+static const char *
 host_errstr (int error)
 {
   /* Can't use switch since some of these constants can be equal,