diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
index c67a0408385..4372b66e49b 100644
--- a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2004-01-02  Gerald Pfeifer  <gp@suse.de>
+
+	* update_version: Add some documentation.
+	
+2004-01-02  Pop Sébastian  <pop@gauvain.u-strasbg.fr>
+
+	* update_version (ADD_BRANCHES): Add lno-branch.
+
 2003-11-02  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
 
 	* maintainer-addresses: New script.
diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/update_version b/maintainer-scripts/update_version
index b8e8a1e7a5e..7d3d2f07dcd 100755
--- a/maintainer-scripts/update_version
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/update_version
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-#!/bin/sh 
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Update the current version date in all files in the tree containing
+# it.  Consider all release branches except those matching the regular
+# expression in $IGNORE_BRANCHES, and also consider those branches listed
+# in $ADD_BRANCHES.
 
 CVSROOT=${CVSROOT:-/cvs/gcc}
 IGNORE_BRANCHES='gcc-(2_95|3_0|3_1|3_2)-branch'
-ADD_BRANCHES='HEAD tree-ssa-20020619-branch'
+ADD_BRANCHES='HEAD tree-ssa-20020619-branch lno-branch'
 
 # Run this from /tmp.
 export CVSROOT