diff --git a/edit/ChangeLog b/edit/ChangeLog
index 9b7e02593..de40b47e5 100644
--- a/edit/ChangeLog
+++ b/edit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-04  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* edit.c (edit_filters): Use gzip, not compress for *.Z files
+	for consistency with other parts of the code (viewer, mc.ext).
+
 2002-09-03  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* editcmd.c: Recheck and fix all calls to create_dlg().
diff --git a/edit/edit.c b/edit/edit.c
index 7a733e73a..bccd0b860 100644
--- a/edit/edit.c
+++ b/edit/edit.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static const struct edit_filters {
 	"gzip -cd %s 2>&1", "gzip > %s", ".gz"
     },
     {
-	"compress -cd %s 2>&1", "compress > %s", ".Z"
+	"gzip -cd %s 2>&1", "gzip > %s", ".Z"
     }
 };