diff --git a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
index 9393f11..39db5d4 100644
--- a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@
 
 		if ($end == 'y')
 		{
-			$str = substr($str, 0, strlen($str)-1).'ies';
+			// Y preceded by vowel => regular plural
+			$vowels = array('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u');
+			$str = in_array(substr($str, -2, 1), $vowels) ? $str.'s' : substr($str, 0, -1).'ies';
 		}
 		elseif ($end == 's')
 		{
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 3d5e9b3..733bfc0 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 	<li>Fixed a bug when an opening quote is preceded by a paragraph tag and immediately followed by another tag.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug in the Text Helper affecting some locales where word_censor() would not work on words beginning or ending with an accented character.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug in the Text Helper character limiter where the provided limit intersects the last word of the string.</li>
+	<li>Fixed a bug (#6342) with plural() in the Inflection helper with words ending in "y".</li>
 	<li>Tweaked Typography::auto_typography() for some edge-cases.</li>
 </ul>