diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0be797690..9239f21a6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-09-07  Eric Wasylishen  <ewasylishen@gmail.com>
+
+	* Source/NSSpellChecker.m: Use NSLog rather than a popup alert when the spell
+	server can't be contacted; otherwise the user may be spammed with a series
+	of popups if automatic spellchecking (underlining) is turned on, but
+	the current language isn't set.
+
 2011-09-07  Eric Wasylishen  <ewasylishen@gmail.com>
 
 	* Source/GSCharacterPanel.m: Implement -[NSApplication orderFrontCharacterPalette:]
diff --git a/Source/NSSpellChecker.m b/Source/NSSpellChecker.m
index 0fb74df9d..89b1d6aa6 100644
--- a/Source/NSSpellChecker.m
+++ b/Source/NSSpellChecker.m
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ NSString *GSSpellServerName(NSString *checkerDictionary, NSString *language);
   proxy = GSContactApplication(spellServicePath, port, finishBy);
   if (proxy == nil)
     {
-      NSRunAlertPanel(nil,
-	@"Failed to contact spell checker for language '%@'",
-	@"Continue", nil, nil, language);
+      NSLog(@"Failed to contact spell checker for language '%@'", language);
     }
   else
     {