diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 16da4acf8..51a661dd3 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>April 17, 2005 [matt]: Don't create hotplug's events log file;
+the bootscripts handle that for us.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>April 17, 2005 [matt]: Use canonical charmaps in /etc/profile
 and don't set LC_ALL (Ken Moffat and Alexander Patrakov)</para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/hotplug.xml b/chapter06/hotplug.xml
index 9346754bb..ff0ab645e 100644
--- a/chapter06/hotplug.xml
+++ b/chapter06/hotplug.xml
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>rm -f /etc/hotplug/net.agent</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Create a file that is necessary for the logging of hotplug events:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>touch /var/log/hotplug/events</userinput></screen>
-
 <para>Create a directory for storing firmware that can be loaded by 
 <command>hotplug</command>:</para>