diff --git a/gtk/gtkfilesystem.c b/gtk/gtkfilesystem.c
index abcf20548c..dff2aeaeeb 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfilesystem.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfilesystem.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ gtk_file_system_make_path (GtkFileSystem    *file_system,
  *
  * If parsing fails because a path was encountered that doesn't
  * exist on the filesystem, then an error of type
- * %GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NONEXISTANT will be set in @error
+ * %GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NONEXISTENT will be set in @error
  * and %FALSE returned. (This only applies to parsing relative paths,
  * not to interpretation of @file_part. No check is made as
  * to whether @file_part exists.)
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfilesystem.h b/gtk/gtkfilesystem.h
index 275efb2bf2..b6cd5660b8 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfilesystem.h
+++ b/gtk/gtkfilesystem.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 typedef enum
 {
-  GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NONEXISTANT,
+  GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NONEXISTENT,
   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NOT_FOLDER,
   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_INVALID_URI,
   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_BAD_FILENAME,
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfilesystemunix.c b/gtk/gtkfilesystemunix.c
index 8bdf6dc032..a2a9c9b200 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfilesystemunix.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfilesystemunix.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ gtk_file_system_unix_create_folder (GtkFileSystem     *file_system,
       gchar *filename_utf8 = g_filename_to_utf8 (filename, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
       g_set_error (error,
 		   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR,
-		   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NONEXISTANT,
+		   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NONEXISTENT,
 		   "error creating directory '%s': %s",
 		   filename_utf8 ? filename_utf8 : "???",
 		   g_strerror (errno));
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ gtk_file_folder_unix_list_children (GtkFileFolder  *folder,
     {
       g_set_error (error,
 		   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR,
-		   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NONEXISTANT,
+		   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NONEXISTENT,
 		   "%s",
 		   tmp_error->message);
       
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ filename_get_info (const gchar     *filename,
       gchar *filename_utf8 = g_filename_to_utf8 (filename, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
       g_set_error (error,
 		   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR,
-		   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NONEXISTANT,
+		   GTK_FILE_SYSTEM_ERROR_NONEXISTENT,
 		   "error getting information for '%s': %s",
 		   filename_utf8 ? filename_utf8 : "???",
 		   g_strerror (errno));