diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9333cbd1f..40ce4add6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2001-05-16  Rob Browning  <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
+
+	* configure.in: add AC_SUBST for GUILE_MICRO_VERSION.
+
+	* GUILE-VERSION
+	(GUILE_VERSION): now MAJOR.MINOR.MICRO
+	(GUILE_MICRO_VERSION): new variable, records final revision.
+	i.e. the 5 in 1.6.5.  MINOR_VERSION is now just the middle number,
+	i.e. the 6.
+
 2001-05-16  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 
 	* acconfig.h, configure.in:  Renamed
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b57e4fb41..6308e29b7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,27 @@ Changes since Guile 1.4:
 
 * Changes to the distribution
 
+** Guile now using versioning scheme similar to that of the Linux kernel.
+
+Guile now always uses three numbers to represent the version,
+i.e. "1.6.5".  The first number, 1, is the major version number, the
+second number, 6, is the minor version number, and the third number,
+5, is the micro version number.  Changes in major version number
+indicate major changes in Guile.
+
+Minor version numbers that are even denote stable releases, and odd
+minor version numbers denote development versions (which may be
+unstable).  The micro version number indicates a minor sub-revision of
+a given MAJOR.MINOR release.
+
+In keeping with the new scheme, (minor-version) and scm_minor_version
+no longer return everything but the major version number.  They now
+just return the minor version number.  Two new functions
+(micro-version) and scm_micro_version have been added to report the
+micro version number.
+
+In addition, ./GUILE-VERSION now defines GUILE_MICRO_VERSION.
+
 ** As per RELEASE directions, deprecated items have been removed
 
 *** Macros removed
diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index 5b3182fec..330afc5ec 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2001-05-16  Rob Browning  <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
+
+	* version.c (s_scm_major_version): doc fixes.
+	(s_scm_minor_version): doc fixes.
+	(s_scm_minor_version): new function.
+
+	* version.h (scm_init_version): new function.
+
+	* versiondat.h.in: add GUILE_MICRO_VERSION.
+
 2001-05-16  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 
 	* deprecation.c (scm_init_deprecation):  Renamed