diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f5fac24e..22fca102 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu Apr  3 11:02:02 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
+
+	* HTMLparser.c: apparently it's okay to forget the semicolumn after
+	  entity refs in HTML, fixing char refs parsing accordingly based on
+	  T. Manske patch, this should fix #517653
+
 Thu Apr  3 09:30:29 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
 
 	* error.c: avoid a scary realloc() loop should fix #520383
diff --git a/HTMLparser.c b/HTMLparser.c
index 7b983672..92503a1a 100644
--- a/HTMLparser.c
+++ b/HTMLparser.c
@@ -3115,9 +3115,9 @@ htmlParseCharRef(htmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt) {
 	        val = val * 16 + (CUR - 'A') + 10;
 	    else {
 	        htmlParseErr(ctxt, XML_ERR_INVALID_HEX_CHARREF,
-		             "htmlParseCharRef: invalid hexadecimal value\n",
+		             "htmlParseCharRef: missing semicolumn\n",
 			     NULL, NULL);
-		return(0);
+		break;
 	    }
 	    NEXT;
 	}
@@ -3130,9 +3130,9 @@ htmlParseCharRef(htmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt) {
 	        val = val * 10 + (CUR - '0');
 	    else {
 	        htmlParseErr(ctxt, XML_ERR_INVALID_DEC_CHARREF,
-		             "htmlParseCharRef: invalid decimal value\n",
+		             "htmlParseCharRef: missing semicolumn\n",
 			     NULL, NULL);
-		return(0);
+		break;
 	    }
 	    NEXT;
 	}