diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index dc604a031c..90efdb39fd 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-12-31  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
+
+	* gtk/tmpl/gtkrc.sgml: Add a note about gtkrc-2.0 being parsed by
+	all 2.x versions.
+
 Fri Dec 20 13:10:06 2002  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* gtk/building.sgml: Update directories in download
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkrc.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkrc.sgml
index 3c884175bc..55ff8b7d83 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkrc.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkrc.sgml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ and <filename>.gtkrc-2.0</filename> in the users home directory.
 (<filename>&lt;SYSCONFDIR&gt;</filename> defaults to 
 <filename>/usr/local/etc</filename>. It can be changed with the
 <option>--prefix</option> or <option>--sysconfdir</option> options when 
-configuring GTK+.)
+configuring GTK+.) Note that although the filenames contain the version 
+number 2.0, all 2.x versions of GTK+ look for these files.  
 </para>
 <para>
 The set of these <firstterm>default</firstterm> files