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diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
index da0cc46..c7a0904 100644
--- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ This should be a stable release.  Major changes since 4.08.2 are:
      Combinations of compiled and interpreted modules may be used.
      All the GHC libraries are available in interactive mode, as are
      most of the Glasgow extensions to Haskell 98.  Compilation in
-     interactive mode is fast enough to be useful.
+     interactive mode (to bytecode) is about three times faster than
+     compiling to object code.
 
    - Batch compilation of multiple modules at once, with automatic
      dependency chasing.  For large programs this can halve compilation
@@ -64,10 +65,11 @@ This should be a stable release.  Major changes since 4.08.2 are:
    - Support for the latest Foreign Function Interface (FFI)
      proposals.  Marcin Kowalczyk's hsc2hs tool is included.
 
-   - A language extension: parallel list comprehensions.
+   - Language extensions: parallel list comprehensions and functional
+     dependencies.
 
-   - The usual vast stack of bug fixes.  Most reported bugs have been
-     fixed.
+   - The usual huge collection of bug fixes.  Most reported bugs have
+     been fixed.
 
 For full details see the release notes:
 
@@ -83,9 +85,10 @@ self-explanatory:
 
         http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
 
-We supply binary builds in .rpm/.deb form for all you Linux junkies
-out there, and in InstallShield form for Windows folks.  Everybody
-else gets a .tar.gz which can be installed where you want.
+We supply binary builds in the native package format for various
+flavours of Linux and BSD, and in InstallShield form for Windows
+folks.  Everybody else gets a .tar.gz which can be installed where you
+want.
 
 Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the
 README file to find all of the documentation about this release.
@@ -142,6 +145,11 @@ www.haskell.org; for the full list, see
 
 	http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/
 
-Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org;
+Please report bugs using our SourceForge page at
+	
+	http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/
+
+or send them to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org.
+
 GHC users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org.  Bleeding
 edge CVS users party on cvs-ghc@haskell.org.