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@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ See the manual for detailed information.
 
 * Remove creeping non-feature of reading mail; simplify code accordingly.
 * Many improvements to the tests to make them more useful examples.
+* --help and --version exit immediately, as specified by GNU standards.
 
 * Distribution:
   . use gnulib for shared source files, such as texinfo.tex and getopt.c.
-  . update for automake 1.10, autoconf 2.60, gettext 0.16.
+  . update for automake 1.10, autoconf 2.61, gettext 0.16.
   . new bg (Bulgarian) translation; many updated translations.