diff --git a/sane-backends.spec b/sane-backends.spec
index 834bfdd..938e20a 100644
--- a/sane-backends.spec
+++ b/sane-backends.spec
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %changelog
 * Tue Feb 19 2008 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp@redhat.com> - 1.0.19-6
 - move libsane-gphoto2.so into -libs-gphoto2
+- recode spec file to UTF-8
 
 * Thu Feb 14 2008 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp@redhat.com> - 1.0.19-5
 - replace string-oob patch with uninitialized patch by upstream which covers
@@ -667,7 +668,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 * Thu Oct 26 2000 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
 - fix provides for ia64/sparc64
 
-* Thu Aug 29 2000 Trond Eivind Glomsr�d <teg@redhat.com>
+* Thu Aug 29 2000 Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg@redhat.com>
 - don't include xscanimage desktop entry - it's a gimp
   plugin. Doh. (part of #17076)
 - add tetex-latex as a build requirement
@@ -689,7 +690,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 - use mktemp in post and postun scripts
 - fix incorrect usage of rev in backend/Makefile
 
-* Wed Jul 19 2000 Trond Eivind Glomsr�d <teg@redhat.com>
+* Wed Jul 19 2000 Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg@redhat.com>
 - workarounds for weird bug (all so-files had names with "s="
   - except for sparc which has just "=" and IA64 which works)