diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ddffd5e4d..2ecec6f53 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-08-02  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
+
+	* Unposted: fix typo in 17496.
+
 2002-08-01  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
 
 	* 17497: Src/builtin.c: getopts skipped over zero-length arguments.
diff --git a/Completion/Unix/Type/_diff_options b/Completion/Unix/Type/_diff_options
index 99d44324b..a88b4780a 100644
--- a/Completion/Unix/Type/_diff_options
+++ b/Completion/Unix/Type/_diff_options
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ if _pick_variant -c $cmd gnu=GNU unix -v; then
     "($of $ouc $oss)-n[RCS format diff]" \
     "($of $ouc)--side-by-side[output in two columns]" \
     "($of $ouc)-y[output in two columns]" \
-    "($ofwy $ouc --width -W){--width=,-W+}'[set size of line]:number of characters per line:' \
+    "($ofwy $ouc --width -W)"{--width=,-W+}'[set size of line]:number of characters per line:' \
     "($ofwy $ouc)--left-column[output only left column of common lines]" \
     "($ofwy $ouc)--suppress-common-lines[do not output common lines]" \
     "($ofwg $ouc $oss)--old-group-format=[set old group format]:old group format:" \