diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 1058b40c1..92f5b61c5 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+
+
+****************************NOTE************************************
+Guile is now covered under the terms of the GNU LGPL.  However we're
+still in the process of updating all of our files.  Please bear with
+us.
+****************************NOTE************************************
+
+
+[THIS IS NO LONGER ACCURATE -- see above]
 Guile License ==================================================
 
 The license of Guile consists of the GNU GPL plus a special statement
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2df26c42a..eede7fb43 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ Changes since the stable branch:
 
 * Changes to the distribution
 
+** Guile now requires GNU MP (http://swox.com/gmp).
+
+Guile now uses the GNU MP library for arbitrary precision arithmetic.
+At the moment it is being used to handle Guile's bignums.
+
 ** Guile now has separate private and public configuration headers.
 
 Guile now has config.h and libguile/scmconfig.h.  The former is not