diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0214ca3..13b40dc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
     Crimea switches to Moscow time on 2014-03-30 at 02:00 local time.
     (Thanks to Alexander Krivenyshev.)  Move its zone.tab entry from UA to RU.
 
+  Changes affecting 'zic'
+
+    'zic' now is smarter about allocating memory.
+    (Thanks to Andrew Main (Zefram).)
+
   Changes affecting commentary and documentation
 
     Fix Tuesday/Thursday typo in description of time in Israel.
diff --git a/zic.c b/zic.c
index e7b0081..bd388d3 100644
--- a/zic.c
+++ b/zic.c
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ writezone(const char *const name, const char *const string, char version)
 		register int	thistimei, thistimecnt;
 		register int	thisleapi, thisleapcnt;
 		register int	thistimelim, thisleaplim;
-		int		writetype[TZ_MAX_TIMES];
+		int		writetype[TZ_MAX_TYPES];
 		int		typemap[TZ_MAX_TYPES];
 		register int	thistypecnt;
 		char		thischars[TZ_MAX_CHARS];