diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index dbe6ba9f5..bed114507 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2009-02-08</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Remove the &quot;enable-multibyte&quot; configure
+          switch from Groff, which is not required following the upgrade to
+          Groff-1.20.1.  Thanks to Robert Connolly for the report.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Install sysklogd binaries to
           <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> for FHS compatibility.
diff --git a/chapter06/groff.xml b/chapter06/groff.xml
index 0c52ab5d0..b4c73666e 100644
--- a/chapter06/groff.xml
+++ b/chapter06/groff.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
     <para>Prepare Groff for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">PAGE=<replaceable>&lt;paper_size&gt;</replaceable> ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-multibyte</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">PAGE=<replaceable>&lt;paper_size&gt;</replaceable> ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>