diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4092af556d..214010c285 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-2006-01-27  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
+2006-01-30  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
+
+	* gnome/applet/applet.c: Apparently gtk_message_dialog_new_with_markup
+	  does not parse the markup if it is not part of the format.
+
+2006-01-30  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
 
 	* gnome/applet/passphrase-dialog.c: If wsm_set_capabilities() returns
 	  FALSE, we have no security options for this dialog, so we throw up
diff --git a/gnome/applet/applet.c b/gnome/applet/applet.c
index c483bed288..d52085235d 100644
--- a/gnome/applet/applet.c
+++ b/gnome/applet/applet.c
@@ -174,12 +174,9 @@ static GtkWidget * get_label (GtkWidget *info_dialog, GladeXML *xml, const char
 static void nmwa_show_socket_err (GtkWidget *info_dialog, const char *err)
 {
 	GtkWidget *error_dialog;
-	char *msg;
 
-	msg = g_strdup_printf ("<span weight=\"bold\" size=\"larger\">%s</span>\n\n%s",
-	                       _("Error displaying connection information: "), err);
-	error_dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new_with_markup (GTK_WINDOW (info_dialog), 0, GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR, GTK_BUTTONS_OK, "%s", msg);
-	g_free (msg);
+	error_dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new_with_markup (GTK_WINDOW (info_dialog), 0, GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR, GTK_BUTTONS_OK,
+			"<span weight=\"bold\" size=\"larger\">%s</span>\n\n%s", _("Error displaying connection information:"), err);
 	gtk_window_present (GTK_WINDOW (error_dialog));
 	g_signal_connect_swapped (error_dialog, "response", G_CALLBACK (gtk_widget_destroy), error_dialog);
 }