diff --git a/doc/ref/ChangeLog b/doc/ref/ChangeLog
index b411cae6b..e77bb583b 100644
--- a/doc/ref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2002-04-08  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 
+	* tools.texi (guile-snarf): Updated.
+
 	* Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add scheme-compound.texi.
 	(CLEANFILES): Added guile.cps, guile.fns, guile.rns, guile.tps,
 	guile.vrs.
diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index 02807a086..23880ef95 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2002-04-08  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 
+	* guile-snarf.in: Do not clean input file.  This would write to
+	the $(srcdir) during a VPATH build, which is not allowed.  It also
+	isn't needed since it only works when an output filename has been
+	specified and in that case we don't need to clean the input file
+	because the output file will already exist.
+
 	* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Added cpp_err_symbols.c and
 	cpp_sig_symbols.c.