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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
index de4ce16..bd45619 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
           when you compile with <option>-threaded</option>, you now get
           an RTS flag <option>-N</option> that allows you to specify the
           number of OS threads that GHC should use. Defaults to 1.
-          See <xref linkend="sec-using-smp" /> and <xref
+          See <xref linkend="using-smp" /> and <xref
           linkend="lang-parallel" />.
         </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
-	  There are significant changes to the way scoped type variables work;
-	  see  <xref linkend="scoped-type-variables" />.
+	  There are significant changes to the way scoped type variables work,
+	  and some programs that used to compile may no longer do so.
+	  The new story is documented in  <xref linkend="scoped-type-variables" />.
           (<ulink url="http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2006-January/009565.html"> Simon's e-mail</ulink>
-          gives some background.)
+          gives some background, but the user manual should be complete (tell
+          us if not), and
+          certainly takes precedence if there is any conflict.)
         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@
           <programlisting>
     f (x, y) | x `seq` False = undefined
              | otherwise = [x,y]</programlisting>
-          See <xref linkend="sec-bang-patterns" /> for more details.
+          See <xref linkend="bang-patterns" /> for more details.
         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
@@ -59,6 +62,11 @@
           ignored in comments, so ASCII code with comments in, for
           example, Latin-1 will also work.
         </para>
+
+        <para>
+          A way to have Latin-1 source files pre-processed by GHC is
+          described in <xref linkend="pre-processor" />.
+        </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
@@ -163,7 +171,6 @@
             <option>-pgma</option>,
             <option>-pgml</option>,
             <option>-pgmdll</option>,
-            <option>-pgmdep</option>,
             <option>-pgmF</option>,
             <option>-optl</option>,
             <option>-optdll</option>,
@@ -387,6 +394,14 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
+          GHCi now has an <literal>:edit</literal> command which pops
+          up an editor on the most recently loaded file, or a
+          specified file.  See <xref linkend="ghci-commands" /> for
+          more information.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
           GHCi now invokes <literal>print</literal> by default on the
           result of IO actions and bindings at the prompt.  This is
           occasionally not what you want, so it can be disabled (at
@@ -419,7 +434,7 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            Version number 2.0 (was 1.0).
+            Version number 2.1 (was 1.0).
           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
@@ -520,8 +535,9 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             <literal>GHC.Exts</literal> now provides a function
-            <literal>lazy</literal> which forces GHC to think that its
-            argument is lazy in its first argument.
+            <literal>lazy</literal>, where <literal>lazy f</literal>
+            behaves like <literal>f</literal>, except GHC is forced
+            to believe that it is lazy in its first argument.
             For more details, see <xref linkend="special-ids" />.
           </para>
         </listitem>
@@ -989,7 +1005,7 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            Version number 2.0 (was 1.0).
+            Version number 2.1 (was 1.0).
           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
@@ -1095,7 +1111,7 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            Version number 2.0 (was 1.0).
+            Version number 2.1 (was 1.0).
           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
@@ -1250,6 +1266,14 @@
             <literal>network</literal> package.
           </para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            The <literal>Network.CGI.Compat</literal> module provides
+            a similar interface to the old <literal>Network.CGI</literal>
+            module, but it uses <literal>Text.XHtml</literal> rather than
+            <literal>Text.Html</literal>.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </sect3>
 
@@ -1656,7 +1680,7 @@
       </para>
       <para>
         An introduction to using the library can be found
-        <ulink url="http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/As_a_library">on the wiki</ulink>.
+        <ulink url="http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/As_a_library">on the wiki</ulink>.
       </para>
   </sect2>