diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 58491e335..4e79926ff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-08-27  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Clarify that --libexecdir is a configure option.
+
+	* configure.ac: Check for hstrerror.
+
 2002-08-19  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* NEWS: Document new ways to enable MDC, and change in automatic
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 182303bbb..8e0163ca8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.91 (2002-08-04)
       /usr/[local/]libexec/gnupg by default.  If you are upgrading
       from 1.0.7, you might want to delete your old copies in
       /usr/[local/]bin.  If you use an OS that does not use libexec
-      for whatever reason, use --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib to place
-      the keyserver helpers there.
+      for whatever reason, use configure --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib
+      to place the keyserver helpers there.
 
     * The LDAP keyserver handler now works properly with very old
       (version 1) LDAP keyservers.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 33bf4e5b8..67f160b3d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ AC_FUNC_FSEEKO
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
 AC_FUNC_FORK
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strerror stpcpy strsep strlwr tcgetattr strtoul mmap)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strcasecmp strncasecmp)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strcasecmp strncasecmp hstrerror)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(memmove gettimeofday getrusage setrlimit clock_gettime)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(atexit raise getpagesize strftime nl_langinfo setlocale)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(waitpid wait4 sigaction sigprocmask rand pipe stat)