diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 7b76132ba..6f8069f5e 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ Spiffing checklist:
 * Build a test distribution.
   + BEFORE doing 'make dist', configure the source tree for build
     in the same tree with configuration option --with-threads.
-    Make sure that readline was enabled correctly.
-    If this is not done, there will be missing dependencies in two
-    Makefile.in.
+  + Make sure that readline was enabled correctly.
+  + Build the tree.
+    (If the above steps are not done, the dependencies won't be properly
+    included in the generated Makefile.in files.)
   + Then do 'make dist'.
 * Give the test disty to various people to try.  Here's what you should do:
   + Unset GUILE_LOAD_PATH.
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 95e614518..be8639673 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Rodney Brown                    Julian Satchell
 Ian Grant                       Jorgen Schaefer   
 Dirk Herrmann                   Bill Schottstaedt 
 Anders Holst                    Ceri Storey       
-Michael Livshin			Suzuki Toshiya    
+Michael Livshin                 Suzuki Toshiya    
 Karoly Lorentey                 Tom Tromey        
-Han-Wen Nienhuys        	Bernard Urban     
+Han-Wen Nienhuys                Bernard Urban     
 Jan Nieuwenhuizen
diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index 46976a526..7d4446be2 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1999-09-20  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
+
+	* read.c (scm_read): Don't assume that scm_cur_inp is always open.
+	* ports.c (scm_read_char): Same.
+	* ioext.c (scm_read_line): Same.
+	(Thanks to Bernard Urban.)
+
 1999-09-21  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>
 
 	* vectors.c (scm_vector_move_right_x): Bugfix: Remove side effect