diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc90fd3bf7..d80c77d018 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2005-08-27  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/gtkuimanager.c (gtk_ui_manager_class_init): Fix the default
+	value of the ui property.
+
 	* gdk/x11/gdkproperty-x11.c (gdk_property_get): Don't warn
 	when G_MAXLONG is passed as length.  
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index fc90fd3bf7..d80c77d018 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2005-08-27  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/gtkuimanager.c (gtk_ui_manager_class_init): Fix the default
+	value of the ui property.
+
 	* gdk/x11/gdkproperty-x11.c (gdk_property_get): Don't warn
 	when G_MAXLONG is passed as length.  
 
diff --git a/gtk/gtkuimanager.c b/gtk/gtkuimanager.c
index 7823c93d79..8cf0c1a7c8 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkuimanager.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkuimanager.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ gtk_ui_manager_class_init (GtkUIManagerClass *klass)
 				   g_param_spec_string ("ui",
  							P_("Merged UI definition"),
 							P_("An XML string describing the merged UI"),
-							NULL,
+							"<ui>\n</ui>",
 							GTK_PARAM_READABLE));