diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 26d54428..3c2b9a73 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ Sascha Volkenandt <sascha@akv-soft.de>
  being written to by a timer
  for fixing a crash in cConfig::Load() when compiling on the PPC
  for reporting '\n' in an esyslog() call in osd.c
+ for reporting missing '&' in the SetAreas() example in PLUGINS.html
 
 Malcolm Caldwell <malcolm.caldwell@ntu.edu.au>
  for modifying LOF handling to allow for C-band reception
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 448c6649..6aa320b0 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3920,3 +3920,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - A menu is no longer automatically closed when a replay ends (reported by
   Marko Mäkelä).
 - Removed '\n' from several syslog() calls (reported by Sascha Volkenandt).
+- Fixed missing '&' in the SetAreas() example in PLUGINS.html (reported by
+  Sascha Volkenandt).
diff --git a/PLUGINS.html b/PLUGINS.html
index 12317cc3..d1c787b3 100644
--- a/PLUGINS.html
+++ b/PLUGINS.html
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ yet, so you need to at least call the function
 
 <p><table><tr><td bgcolor=#F0F0F0><pre>
 tArea Area = { 0, 0, 100, 100, 4 };
-MyOsd-&gt;SetAreas(Area, 1);
+MyOsd-&gt;SetAreas(&amp;Area, 1);
 </pre></td></tr></table><p>
 
 to define an actual OSD drawing area (see VDR/osd.h for the declarations
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ sub-areas with different color depths and separate color palettes, as in
 <p><table><tr><td bgcolor=#F0F0F0><pre>
 tArea Area = { 0, 0, 99, 99, 4 };
 if (osd-&gt;CanHandleAreas(Area, 1) == oeOk)
-   osd-&gt;SetAreas(Area, 1);
+   osd-&gt;SetAreas(&amp;Area, 1);
 else {
    tArea Areas[] = { { 0,  0, 99, 19, 2 },
                      { 0, 20, 99, 79, 2 },