diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 643c77ec3..127c1484f 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>November 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Perl: Added fix
+for perldoc less invocation problem.  Closes bug 716.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>November 16th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Texinfo: Added note
 about how to recreate the /usr/share/info/dir file if needed. Closes Bug
 485.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/perl.xml b/chapter06/perl.xml
index 5e90ec069..d870f84f9 100644
--- a/chapter06/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter06/perl.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Estimated required disk space:  &perl-compsize;</screen>
 
 <para>Prepare Perl for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr -Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>If you want more control over the way Perl sets itself up to be
 built, you can run the interactive <userinput>Configure</userinput> script
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ instead and modify the way Perl is built. If you think you can live with the
 (sensible) defaults Perl auto-detects, then just use the command listed
 above.</para>
 
+<para>The use of the -Dpager directive above fixes a small problem with the
+perldoc program, due to improper invocation of the less program.</para>
+
 <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index 0958a69ad..4a7cba0c0 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 				"/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [
 
 
-<!ENTITY version "CVS-20031116">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "November 16th, 2003">
+<!ENTITY version "CVS-20031117">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "November 17th, 2003">
 <!ENTITY milestone "5.1">
 <!ENTITY nbsp " ">