diff --git a/gdb/CONTRIBUTE b/gdb/CONTRIBUTE
index be6c309f8e4..4f02ddf408a 100644
--- a/gdb/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/gdb/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -144,3 +144,10 @@ o	Please read your patch before submitting it.
 	arbitrary reformats will be returned with a request
 	to re-formatting / split it.
 
+
+o	If ``gdb/configure.in'' is modified then you don't
+	need to include patches to the regenerated file
+	``configure''.
+
+	The maintainer will re-generate those files
+	using autoconf (2.13 as of 2000-02-29).
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 62d94d560f2..1bc991e5be8 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Mar  1 19:31:32 2000  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
+
+	* CONTRIBUTE (configure.in): Note that patches to configure are
+ 	not needed.
+
 2000-03-01  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>
 
 	* MAINTAINERS: Correct my own mail address.