diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index b9566ada16..a932ead9cb 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2009-03-01  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	Bug 573393 – Deprecated functions in gdk-Threads example code snippet
+
+	* gdk/tmpl/threads.sgml: Don't use deprecated GTK+ api.
+	Spotted by Andre Klapper
+
 2009-03-01  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* gtk/images/messagedialog.png: Fix this image
diff --git a/docs/reference/gdk/tmpl/threads.sgml b/docs/reference/gdk/tmpl/threads.sgml
index 3caf67a978..489b41f78e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gdk/tmpl/threads.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gdk/tmpl/threads.sgml
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   /* create a window */
   window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
 
-  gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (window), "destroy",
-		      GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (destroy), NULL);
+  g_signal_connect (window, "destroy", G_CALLBACK (destroy), NULL);
 
   gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 10);