diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4f979c4826dc8cb1a92bcdc04c07e4dce5c57612..42504be4ac57b1de7826037822a7492f2ff76288 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
 
  Changes between 1.1.1c and 1.1.1d [xx XXX xxxx]
 
+  *) Early start up entropy quality from the DEVRANDOM seed source has been
+     improved for older Linux systems.  The RAND subsystem will wait for
+     /dev/random to be producing output before seeding from /dev/urandom.
+     The seeded state is stored for future library initialisations using
+     a system global shared memory segment.  The shared memory identifier
+     can be configured by defining OPENSSL_RAND_SEED_DEVRANDOM_SHM_ID to
+     the desired value.  The default identifier is 114.
+     [Paul Dale]
+
    *) Early start up entropy quality from the DEVRANDOM seed source has been
       improved for older Linux systems.  The RAND subsystem will wait for
       /dev/random to be producing output before seeding from /dev/urandom.
diff --git a/crypto/rand/rand_unix.c b/crypto/rand/rand_unix.c
index 258fef7eb0854cd74bba770384fc049e62d284e9..e57b6dd893179c8e3fa2934378c0a28aa78444e9 100644
--- a/crypto/rand/rand_unix.c
+++ b/crypto/rand/rand_unix.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static int wait_random_seeded(void)
     fd_set fds;
 
     if (!seeded) {
-        /* See if anthing has created the global seeded indication */
+        /* See if anything has created the global seeded indication */
         if ((shm_id = shmget(OPENSSL_RAND_SEED_DEVRANDOM_SHM_ID, 1, 0)) == -1) {
             /*
              * Check the kernel's version and fail if it is too recent.
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static int wait_random_seeded(void)
                 close(fd);
                 if (r == 1) {
                     seeded = 1;
-                    /* Craete the shared memory indicator */
+                    /* Create the shared memory indicator */
                     shm_id = shmget(OPENSSL_RAND_SEED_DEVRANDOM_SHM_ID, 1,
                                     IPC_CREAT | S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
                 }