diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 46eeadd826..5aa3e68ec4 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ OTHER CHANGES
 
 All:
 
+- added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
-- several wxZlibStreams bug fixes enhancements (M.J.Wetherell)
 
 All (GUI):
 
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
+- bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
 
 wxMSW:
 
diff --git a/src/common/gdicmn.cpp b/src/common/gdicmn.cpp
index 3f99e2a1a8..a525af1b0d 100644
--- a/src/common/gdicmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/gdicmn.cpp
@@ -97,24 +97,26 @@ wxCUSTOM_TYPE_INFO(wxSize, wxToStringConverter<wxSize> , wxFromStringConverter<w
 
 IMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxDCBase, wxObject)
 
-wxRect::wxRect(const wxPoint& topLeft, const wxPoint& bottomRight)
+wxRect::wxRect(const wxPoint& point1, const wxPoint& point2)
 {
-  x = topLeft.x;
-  y = topLeft.y;
-  width = bottomRight.x - topLeft.x + 1;
-  height = bottomRight.y - topLeft.y + 1;
+  x = point1.x;
+  y = point1.y;
+  width = point2.x - point1.x;
+  height = point2.y - point1.y;
 
   if (width < 0)
   {
     width = -width;
-    x -= width;
+    x = point2.x;
   }
+  width++;
 
   if (height < 0)
   {
     height = -height;
-    y -= height;
+    y = point2.y;
   }
+  height++;
 }
 
 wxRect::wxRect(const wxPoint& point, const wxSize& size)