diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index 14efc3a684a..5d4999ab5ce 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-07-15  Matt Kraai  <kraai@alumni.cmu.edu>
+
+	* texi2pod.pl: Default @itemize's parameter to @bullet.
+
 2003-07-12  Zack Weinberg  <zack@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* gcc_update: gcc/acconfig.h no longer exists.
diff --git a/contrib/texi2pod.pl b/contrib/texi2pod.pl
index 8c63ba29200..190d58e8c95 100755
--- a/contrib/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/contrib/texi2pod.pl
@@ -241,9 +241,14 @@ while(<$inf>) {
 	and $_ = "\n=head3 $1\n";
 
     # Block command handlers:
-    /^\@itemize\s+(\@[a-z]+|\*|-)/ and do {
+    /^\@itemize(?:\s+(\@[a-z]+|\*|-))?/ and do {
 	push @endwstack, $endw;
 	push @icstack, $ic;
+	if (defined $1) {
+	    $ic = $1;
+	} else {
+	    $ic = '@bullet';
+	}
 	$ic = $1;
 	$_ = "\n=over 4\n";
 	$endw = "itemize";