diff --git a/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog b/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
index 326022de2..264abee09 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-07-08  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
+
+	* appearance-desktop.c: (wp_view_tooltip_cb): fix leaks
+
 2007-07-05  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
 
 	* appearance-themes.c: (themes_init):
diff --git a/capplets/appearance/appearance-desktop.c b/capplets/appearance/appearance-desktop.c
index 47697d56e..db69fe4f6 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/appearance-desktop.c
+++ b/capplets/appearance/appearance-desktop.c
@@ -739,9 +739,9 @@ wp_view_tooltip_cb (GtkWidget  *widget,
 
   gtk_tree_model_get (data->wp_model, &iter, 2, &wpfile, -1);
   item = g_hash_table_lookup (data->wp_hash, wpfile);
+  g_free (wpfile);
 
-  gtk_tooltip_set_markup (tooltip,
-                          g_strdup_printf ("%s", item->description));
+  gtk_tooltip_set_markup (tooltip, item->description);
 
   return TRUE;
 }