diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index bf0baeab8..3c5ce0ee3 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2006-08-17</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Noted devfs' removal from the kernel.  Thanks to
+            Peter Ennis.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to linux-2.6.17.8.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter07/udev.xml b/chapter07/udev.xml
index 61bd71cc7..7bdcaf455 100644
--- a/chapter07/udev.xml
+++ b/chapter07/udev.xml
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
     particular developer(s). The <systemitem
     class="filesystem">devfs</systemitem> file system also suffers from race
     conditions that are inherent in its design and cannot be fixed without a
-    substantial revision to the kernel. It has also been marked as deprecated
-    due to a lack of recent maintenance.</para>
+    substantial revision to the kernel. It was marked as deprecated for a long
+    period &ndash; due to a lack of maintenance &ndash; and was finally removed
+    from the kernel in June, 2006.</para>
 
     <para>With the development of the unstable 2.5 kernel tree, later released
     as the 2.6 series of stable kernels, a new virtual filesystem called