diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 86578eb5f2..ad822ec8e9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2004-11-01  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c (gtk_show_about_dialog): Doc update.
+
 	* gtk/gtktextbuffer.c (gtk_text_buffer_backspace): Revalidate the
 	iter.  (#156924, Murray Cumming)
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index 86578eb5f2..ad822ec8e9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2004-11-01  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c (gtk_show_about_dialog): Doc update.
+
 	* gtk/gtktextbuffer.c (gtk_text_buffer_backspace): Revalidate the
 	iter.  (#156924, Murray Cumming)
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
index 86578eb5f2..ad822ec8e9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2004-11-01  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c (gtk_show_about_dialog): Doc update.
+
 	* gtk/gtktextbuffer.c (gtk_text_buffer_backspace): Revalidate the
 	iter.  (#156924, Murray Cumming)
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
index 86578eb5f2..ad822ec8e9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2004-11-01  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c (gtk_show_about_dialog): Doc update.
+
 	* gtk/gtktextbuffer.c (gtk_text_buffer_backspace): Revalidate the
 	iter.  (#156924, Murray Cumming)
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index 5548a02965..e33cc17e5a 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2004-11-01  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/tmpl/gtkaboutdialog.sgml: Small update.
+
 	* gdk-pixbuf/tmpl/initialization_versions.sgml: Document
 	gdk_pixbuf_{major,minor,micro}_version.
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkaboutdialog.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkaboutdialog.sgml
index 284e4491c4..17687262fd 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkaboutdialog.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkaboutdialog.sgml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ supports this by offering global hooks, which are called when the user
 clicks on a link or email address, see gtk_about_dialog_set_email_hook()
 and gtk_about_dialog_set_url_hook().
 </para>
+<para>
+To make constructing a #GtkAboutDialog as convenient as possible, you can
+use the function gtk_show_about_dialog() which constructs and shows a dialog 
+and keeps it around so that it can be shown again.
+</para>
 
 <!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
 <para>
@@ -326,6 +331,24 @@ only private fields and should not be directly accessed.
 @logo: 
 
 
+<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_about_dialog_get_logo_icon_name ##### -->
+<para>
+
+</para>
+
+@about: 
+@Returns: 
+
+
+<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_about_dialog_set_logo_icon_name ##### -->
+<para>
+
+</para>
+
+@about: 
+@icon_name: 
+
+
 <!-- ##### USER_FUNCTION GtkAboutDialogActivateLinkFunc ##### -->
 <para>
 The type of a function which is called when a URL or email
diff --git a/gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c b/gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c
index 9370420ca0..a917a1d65b 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c
@@ -1981,6 +1981,8 @@ gtk_about_dialog_set_url_hook (GtkAboutDialogActivateLinkFunc func,
  * @Varargs: value of first property, followed by more properties, %NULL-terminated
  *
  * This is a convenience function for showing an application's about box.
+ * The constructed dialog is associated with the parent window and 
+ * reused for future invocations of this function.
  *
  * Since: 2.6
  */