2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 89dae7f7..a086c3cf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ fetchmail-4.7.4 ():
 * Michael Warfield's IPv6 fixes.
 * Added Argentine Spanish as supported language (LC_ALL=pt_BR) from a
   po file by Javier Cohen <jkohen@tough.com>.
+* Accept 'passwd' as a synonym for 'password' in .netrc files.
 
 There are 249 people on fetchmail-friends and 335 on fetchmail-announce.
 
diff --git a/netrc.c b/netrc.c
index 7fda4e58..c3b3dad4 100644
--- a/netrc.c
+++ b/netrc.c
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ parse_netrc (file)
 		else if (!strcmp (tok, "password"))
 		    last_token = tok_password;
 
+		else if (!strcmp (tok, "passwd"))
+		    last_token = tok_password;
+
 		else if (!strcmp (tok, "account"))
 		    last_token = tok_account;