diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ba983e42e..13c727100 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -118,9 +118,19 @@ form around the code performing the heavy computations (typically a
 C code primitive), enabling the computations to run in parallel
 while the scripting code runs single-threadedly.
 
-** New module (srfi srfi-26)
+** Support for require-extension, SRFI-55, has been added.
 
-This is an implementation of SRFI-26.
+The SRFI-55 special form `require-extension' has been added.  It is
+available at startup, and provides a portable way to load Scheme
+extensions.  SRFI-55 only requires support for one type of extension,
+"srfi"; so a set of SRFIs may be loaded via (require-extension (srfi 1
+13 14)).
+
+** New module (srfi srfi-26) provides support for `cut' and `cute'.
+
+The (srfi srfi-26) module is an implementation of SRFI-26 which
+provides the `cut' and `cute' syntax.  These may be used to specialize
+parameters without currying.
 
 ** New module (srfi srfi-31)
 
diff --git a/ice-9/ChangeLog b/ice-9/ChangeLog
index c992d9021..3872b71cd 100644
--- a/ice-9/ChangeLog
+++ b/ice-9/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-02-12  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+	* boot-9.scm (%cond-expand-features): add srfi-55.
+	(require-extension): add require-extension macro for srfi-55.
+
 2005-01-29  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>
 
 	* regex.scm (regexp-quote): Use string-for-each, now that function is
diff --git a/srfi/README b/srfi/README
index 14ebaef9a..9d84a878a 100644
--- a/srfi/README
+++ b/srfi/README
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stand for, please refer to the SRFI homepage at
 
 SRFI-0: cond-expand
 
-  Supported by default, no module needs to get used.
+  Supported by default, no module required.
 
 SRFI-1: List Library
 
@@ -94,3 +94,7 @@ SRFI-39: Parameter objects
 
   Exports: make-parameter, with-parameters*.
   Exports syntax: parameterize.
+
+SRFI-55: require-extension
+
+  Supported by default, no module required.
diff --git a/test-suite/ChangeLog b/test-suite/ChangeLog
index ed8fa1d19..60771023e 100644
--- a/test-suite/ChangeLog
+++ b/test-suite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2005-02-12  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+	* standalone/test-require-extension: new test script.
+
+	* standalone/Makefile.am (check_SCRIPTS): add test-require-extension.
+	(TESTS): add test-require-extension.
+
 2005-02-12  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>
 
 	* tests/srfi-1.test (reduce, reduce-right): New tests.
diff --git a/test-suite/standalone/README b/test-suite/standalone/README
index 778134d91..4e0bd652e 100644
--- a/test-suite/standalone/README
+++ b/test-suite/standalone/README
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ If you want to use a scheme script, prefix it as follows:
   !#
 
 Makefile.am will arrange for all tests (scripts or executables) to be
-run under pre-inst-guile-env so tht the PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and
+run under pre-inst-guile-env so that the PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and
 GUILE_LOAD_PATH will be augmented appropriately.
 
 The Makefile.am has an example of creating a shared library to be used