diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5bbb103b0..bc6987212 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-07-07  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S (notification_string): Replace
+	"Loading kernel" with just "loading".  This is shorter, less
+	confusing and saves a few bytes for possible future changes.
+
 2008-07-05  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* disk/ata.c (grub_ata_dumpinfo): Don't output addressing and
diff --git a/boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S b/boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S
index 724de62c9..95f87a035 100644
--- a/boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S
+++ b/boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ general_error:
 /* go here when you need to stop the machine hard after an error condition */
 stop:	jmp	stop
 
-notification_string:	.string "Loading kernel"
+notification_string:	.string "loading"
 
 notification_step:	.string "."
 notification_done:	.string "\r\n"