diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 54bb19c59..a9d625aac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-23  Riccardo Mottola <rmottola@users.sf.net>
+
+	* Source/NSPointerFunctions.m,
+	* Headers/Foundation/NSPointerFunctions.h: Fix return pointer type
+
 2009-01-23  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Headers/Additions/GNUstepBase/GNUstep.h:
diff --git a/Headers/Foundation/NSPointerFunctions.h b/Headers/Foundation/NSPointerFunctions.h
index 1608f9a7f..fbb61b9dc 100644
--- a/Headers/Foundation/NSPointerFunctions.h
+++ b/Headers/Foundation/NSPointerFunctions.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ typedef	NSUInteger NSPointerFunctionsOptions;
 - (void* (*)(const void *item,
   NSUInteger (*size)(const void *item), BOOL shouldCopy)) acquireFunction;
 
-- (NSString (*)(const void *item)) descriptionFunction;
+- (NSString *(*)(const void *item)) descriptionFunction;
 
 - (NSUInteger (*)(const void *item,
   NSUInteger (*size)(const void *item))) hashFunction;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ typedef	NSUInteger NSPointerFunctionsOptions;
 - (void) setAcquireFunction: (void* (*)(const void *item,
   NSUInteger (*size)(const void *item), BOOL shouldCopy))func;
 
-- (void) setDescriptionFunction: (NSString (*)(const void *item))func;
+- (void) setDescriptionFunction: (NSString *(*)(const void *item))func;
 
 - (void) setHashFunction: (NSUInteger (*)(const void *item,
   NSUInteger (*size)(const void *item)))func;
diff --git a/Source/NSPointerFunctions.m b/Source/NSPointerFunctions.m
index 5692a5c76..15747d8f9 100644
--- a/Source/NSPointerFunctions.m
+++ b/Source/NSPointerFunctions.m
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ typedef struct {
   void* (*acquireFunction)(const void *item,
     NSUInteger (*size)(const void *item), BOOL shouldCopy);
 
-  NSString (*descriptionFunction)(const void *item);
+  NSString *(*descriptionFunction)(const void *item);
 
   NSUInteger (*hashFunction)(const void *item,
     NSUInteger (*size)(const void *item));
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ typedef struct {
   return _acquireFunction;
 }
 
-- (NSString (*)(const void *item)) descriptionFunction
+- (NSString *(*)(const void *item)) descriptionFunction
 {
   return _descriptionFunction;
 }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ typedef struct {
   _acquireFunction = func;
 }
 
-- (void) setDescriptionFunction: (NSString (*)(const void *item))func
+- (void) setDescriptionFunction: (NSString *(*)(const void *item))func
 {
   _descriptionFunction = func;
 }