diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 2c28e056d..561de6314 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2011-02-16</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+         <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Readline-6.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2831">#2831</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
          <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] Upgrade to Bash-4.2. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2830">#2830</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index a4917b38a..b956d3671 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@
 <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>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 3f5b7fd50..d9094b485 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -443,10 +443,10 @@
 <!ENTITY psmisc-ch6-du "2.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY readline-version "6.1">
-<!ENTITY readline-size "2,209 KB">
+<!ENTITY readline-version "6.2">
+<!ENTITY readline-size "2,225 KB">
 <!ENTITY readline-url "&gnu;readline/readline-&readline-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY readline-md5 "fc2f7e714fe792db1ce6ddc4c9fb4ef3">
+<!ENTITY readline-md5 "67948acb2ca081f23359d0256e9a271c">
 <!ENTITY readline-home "http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html">
 <!ENTITY readline-ch6-du "13.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY readline-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">