diff --git a/lauxlib.c b/lauxlib.c
index c716c0db..0e0167e9 100644
--- a/lauxlib.c
+++ b/lauxlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lauxlib.c,v 1.178 2008/06/13 18:45:35 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lauxlib.c,v 1.179 2008/07/03 14:21:41 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Auxiliary functions for building Lua libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_argerror (lua_State *L, int narg, const char *extramsg) {
 }
 
 
-LUALIB_API int luaL_typerror (lua_State *L, int narg, const char *tname) {
+LUALIB_API int luaL_typeerror (lua_State *L, int narg, const char *tname) {
   const char *msg = lua_pushfstring(L, "%s expected, got %s",
                                     tname, luaL_typename(L, narg));
   return luaL_argerror(L, narg, msg);
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_typerror (lua_State *L, int narg, const char *tname) {
 
 
 static void tag_error (lua_State *L, int narg, int tag) {
-  luaL_typerror(L, narg, lua_typename(L, tag));
+  luaL_typeerror(L, narg, lua_typename(L, tag));
 }
 
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ LUALIB_API void *luaL_testudata (lua_State *L, int ud, const char *tname) {
 
 LUALIB_API void *luaL_checkudata (lua_State *L, int ud, const char *tname) {
   void *p = luaL_testudata(L, ud, tname);
-  if (p == NULL) luaL_typerror(L, ud, tname);
+  if (p == NULL) luaL_typeerror(L, ud, tname);
   return p;
 }
 
diff --git a/lauxlib.h b/lauxlib.h
index 34172b9a..819e4d27 100644
--- a/lauxlib.h
+++ b/lauxlib.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lauxlib.h,v 1.93 2007/06/22 15:39:34 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lauxlib.h,v 1.94 2008/01/03 17:07:59 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Auxiliary functions for building Lua libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ LUALIB_API void (luaL_register) (lua_State *L, const char *libname,
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_getmetafield) (lua_State *L, int obj, const char *e);
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_callmeta) (lua_State *L, int obj, const char *e);
 LUALIB_API const char *luaL_tolstring (lua_State *L, int idx, size_t *len);
-LUALIB_API int (luaL_typerror) (lua_State *L, int narg, const char *tname);
+LUALIB_API int (luaL_typeerror) (lua_State *L, int narg, const char *tname);
 LUALIB_API int (luaL_argerror) (lua_State *L, int numarg, const char *extramsg);
 LUALIB_API const char *(luaL_checklstring) (lua_State *L, int numArg,
                                                           size_t *l);
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ LUALIB_API void (luaL_pushresult) (luaL_Buffer *B);
 
 #define luaL_reg	luaL_Reg
 
+
+/* compatibility with previous wrong spelling */
+#define luaL_typerror		luaL_typeerror
+
 #endif