diff --git a/daemon/worker.c b/daemon/worker.c
index f40d1cc2f..c9504dd20 100644
--- a/daemon/worker.c
+++ b/daemon/worker.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ worker_handle_request(struct comm_point* c, void* arg, int error,
 	struct ub_packed_rrset_key* alias_rrset = NULL;
 	struct reply_info* partial_rep = NULL;
 	struct query_info* lookup_qinfo = &qinfo;
-	struct query_info qinfo_tmp; /* placeholdoer for lookup_qinfo */
+	struct query_info qinfo_tmp; /* placeholder for lookup_qinfo */
 	struct respip_client_info* cinfo = NULL, cinfo_tmp;
 	memset(&qinfo, 0, sizeof(qinfo));
 
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 7cb76e8ca..bdc5c4356 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+8 January 2018: Wouter
+	- Fix syntax in comment of local alias processing.
+
 7 January 2018: Wouter
 	- On FreeBSD warn if systcl settings do not allow server TCP FASTOPEN,
 	  and server tcp fastopen is enabled at compile time.