diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6c47a15..65024ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-08-17  Greg Troxel  <gdt@fnord.ir.bbn.com>
+
+	* update-autotools: print tools versions to aid people in sending
+	bug reports.
+
 2004-07-23  Greg Troxel  <gdt@poblano.ir.bbn.com>
 
 	* */Makefile.am: Use ../dir/libfoo.la, rather than "-L../dir
diff --git a/update-autotools b/update-autotools
index 860ee8f..5a4f6d2 100755
--- a/update-autotools
+++ b/update-autotools
@@ -3,8 +3,16 @@
 # When local system does not have the latest autoconf/automake
 #        -- Kunihiro Ishiguro <kunihiro@zebra.org>
 #
+
 rm -f config.cache Makefile.in aclocal.m4 config.h.in configure
 rm -rf autom4te.cache
+
+echo "TOOLS VERIONS:"
+for tool in autoheader autoconf libtool libtoolize aclocal automake; do
+  $tool --version | head -1
+done
+
+echo "UPDATING:"
 aclocal
 autoheader
 autoconf