diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fd424da..51dff52 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-04-05 Paul Jakma <paul@dishone.st>
+
+	* HACKING: remove the 'manually patch redhat/quagga.spec' bit
+	  from RELEASE section. Let the rpm revision be CONFDATE, will work
+	  fine.
+
 2005-04-04 Hasso Tepper <hasso at quagga.net>
 
 	* configure.ac: Fix AC_LANG_SOURCE usage. It needs double square
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 8aa0d97..07e5c62 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -*- mode: text; -*-
-$Id: HACKING,v 1.16 2005/02/23 16:20:07 gdt Exp $
+$Id: HACKING,v 1.17 2005/04/05 10:10:06 paul Exp $
 
 GUIDELINES FOR HACKING ON QUAGGA
 
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
   In an empty directory, do a fresh checkout with -r <release-tag>
   [This makes the dates in the tarball be the modified dates in CVS.]
 
-  {Manually patch redhat/quagga.spec.in to remove @CONFDATE@}
   ./configure
   make dist