diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b3a3217c03..5aa9fc27c9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Tue Jun 13 14:06:01 EDT 2006 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/virsh.c: use 'double' instead of 'float' when calculating
+	'CPU time' field for dominfo command, to ensure no unneccessary
+	loss of precision converting from nanoseconds to seconds.
+
 Tue Jun 13 18:35:22 EDT 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/libvirt.c src/xen_internal.c src/xend_internal.c
diff --git a/src/virsh.c b/src/virsh.c
index ff8aff04ac..3b5e242c7b 100644
--- a/src/virsh.c
+++ b/src/virsh.c
@@ -773,11 +773,11 @@ cmdDominfo(vshControl * ctl, vshCmd * cmd)
         vshPrint(ctl, "%-15s %d\n", "CPU(s):", info.nrVirtCpu);
 
         if (info.cpuTime != 0) {
-            float cpuUsed = info.cpuTime;
+	    double cpuUsed = info.cpuTime;
 
-            cpuUsed /= 1000000000;
+            cpuUsed /= 1000000000.0;
 
-            vshPrint(ctl, "%-15s %.1fs\n", "CPU time:", cpuUsed);
+            vshPrint(ctl, "%-15s %.1lfs\n", "CPU time:", cpuUsed);
         }
 
         vshPrint(ctl, "%-15s %lu kB\n", "Max memory:",