diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 0aec19f5ba3..5a165f1e7ff 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2000-12-14  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
+	* java/io/SerializablePermission.java (legal_names): Now private.
+
 	* java/lang/Character.java: Updated UnicodeBlock constants.
 	* scripts/blocks.pl: Special case private use and surrogate
 	areas.  Updated URL.
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/SerializablePermission.java b/libjava/java/io/SerializablePermission.java
index 78c7229098f..437de44b884 100644
--- a/libjava/java/io/SerializablePermission.java
+++ b/libjava/java/io/SerializablePermission.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* SerializablePermission.java -- Basic permissions related to serialization.
-   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Classpath.
 
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ public final class SerializablePermission extends BasicPermission
  * Class Variables
  */
 
-public static final String[] legal_names = { "enableSubclassImplementation",
-                                             "enableSubstitution" };
+private static final String[] legal_names = { "enableSubclassImplementation",
+					      "enableSubstitution" };
 /*************************************************************************/
 
 /*