diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index ba31a96f5..2668a4586 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2010-02-22</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] Correct the version number used in Readline's
+          documentation. This is the equivalent of upstream's 002 patch.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] Update to e2fsprogs-1.41.10. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2576">#2576</ulink>. This
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index 8f852df30..ed9cd121f 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/MV.*old/d' Makefile.in
 sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Correct the version number used in Readline's documentation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's/0x0600/0x0601/' \
+       -e 's/6\.0/6.1/' \
+       -e 's/RL_VERSION_MINOR\t0/RL_VERSION_MINOR\t1/' readline.h</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare Readline for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib</userinput></screen>