diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 80c6df7fe..35b4596ae 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
-->
+
+ 2009-11-22
+
+
+ [bdubbs] Update host requirements script to
+ print a comment that makeinfo is used to identify
+ the Texinfo package version.
+
+
+
+
2009-11-21
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index e67babfe6..f2d82ebeb 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
-
+
+
diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
index 8f167bde1..36470c07c 100644
--- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ patch --version | head -n1
echo Perl `perl -V:version`
sed --version | head -n1
tar --version | head -n1
-makeinfo --version | head -n1
+echo "Texinfo: `makeinfo --version | head -n1`"
echo 'main(){}' > dummy.c && gcc -o dummy dummy.c
if [ -x dummy ]; then echo "Compilation OK";
else echo "Compilation failed"; fi