diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f7147a8c1..4b6decfd4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -56,6 +56,21 @@ a garbage collection before each allocation of a cell.  This can
 slow down the interpreter dramatically, so the setter should be used to
 turn on this extra processing only when necessary.
 
+* Changes to the stand-alone interpreter
+
+** Backtraces in scripts
+
+It is now possible to get backtraces in scripts.
+
+Put
+
+  (debug-enable 'debug 'backtrace)
+
+at the top of the script.
+
+(The first options enables the debugging evaluator.
+ The second enables backtraces.)
+
 
 Changes since Guile 1.3.2:
 
diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index 722e0f1fb..03f0be3c8 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-10-08  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
+
+	* throw.c (handler_message): Display backtrace if backtraces
+	enabled.
+
 1999-10-05  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in, scmconfig.h.in: Deleted from CVS repository.  Run