diff --git a/docs/rh-log.txt b/docs/rh-log.txt
index c6914a705..1fb977776 100644
--- a/docs/rh-log.txt
+++ b/docs/rh-log.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+September 28, 2008  (Changes by Graf Zahl)
+- Fixed: Dropitem gave incorrect amounts to the item if a probability was set.
+
 September 27, 2008  (Changes by Graf Zahl)
 - Fixed: weapon.ammogive2 always gave 2 amounts of ammo.
 - Fixed: The translation string parser printed a broken error message.
diff --git a/src/thingdef/thingdef_properties.cpp b/src/thingdef/thingdef_properties.cpp
index ace5c856a..6df7a067a 100644
--- a/src/thingdef/thingdef_properties.cpp
+++ b/src/thingdef/thingdef_properties.cpp
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ DEFINE_PROPERTY(dropitem, S_i_i, Actor)
 		di->probability = prob;
 		if (PROP_PARM_COUNT > 2)
 		{
-			PROP_INT_PARM(amt, 1);
+			PROP_INT_PARM(amt, 2);
 			di->amount = amt;
 		}
 	}