diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
index 5e2e46046..c772fd59e 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+2004-10-15  Bas van Gompel  <cygwin-patch.buzz@bavag.tmfweb.nl>
+
+	* cygcheck.cc (pretty_id): Allocate space for ')' in uid and guid.
+
 2004-10-15  Bas van Gompel  <cygwin-patch.buzz@bavag.tmfweb.nl>
 	    Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
-	* cygcheck.cc (pretty_id): Allocate space for trailing '\0' on uid and
+	* cygcheck.cc (pretty_id): Allocate space for trailing '\0' in uid and
 	guid.
 
 2004-10-15  Bas van Gompel  <cygwin-patch.buzz@bavag.tmfweb.nl>
diff --git a/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc b/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc
index c5df4c379..24f881e85 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc
+++ b/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc
@@ -814,8 +814,8 @@ pretty_id (const char *s, char *cygwin, size_t cyglen)
     }
 
   char **ng = groups - 1;
-  size_t len_uid = strlen ("UID: ") + strlen (uid);
-  size_t len_gid = strlen ("GID: ") + strlen (gid);
+  size_t len_uid = strlen ("UID: )") + strlen (uid);
+  size_t len_gid = strlen ("GID: )") + strlen (gid);
   *++ng = groups[0] = (char *) alloca (len_uid + 1);
   *++ng = groups[1] = (char *) alloca (len_gid + 1);
   sprintf (groups[0], "UID: %s)", uid);