diff --git a/doc/ref/ChangeLog b/doc/ref/ChangeLog
index f170ac001..c65c7190f 100644
--- a/doc/ref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-15  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+	* scheme-data.texi: Tell them to use 'provided?' instead of
+	'*feaures*'.
+
 2002-09-09  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 
 	* scheme-ideas.texi (Creating a Procedure): Fixed typo.  Thanks to
diff --git a/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi b/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi
index bc9873256..8e147383a 100755
--- a/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/scheme-data.texi
@@ -1872,11 +1872,11 @@ an introduction can be found in the Emacs manual (@pxref{Regexps,
 , Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}), or
 in many general Unix reference books.
 
-If your system does not include a POSIX regular expression library, and
-you have not linked Guile with a third-party regexp library such as Rx,
-these functions will not be available.  You can tell whether your Guile
-installation includes regular expression support by checking whether the
-@code{*features*} list includes the @code{regex} symbol.
+If your system does not include a POSIX regular expression library,
+and you have not linked Guile with a third-party regexp library such
+as Rx, these functions will not be available.  You can tell whether
+your Guile installation includes regular expression support by
+checking whether @code{(provided? 'regex)} returns true.
 
 @menu
 * Regexp Functions::            Functions that create and match regexps.