diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 6882322f4..44ca2f6e6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Version 1.3.23 (November 6, 2004)
 =================================
 
+10/3/2004: wuzzeb (John Lenz)
+            [GUILE] The -scm interface is now the default.  The old GH interface can
+	    still be enabled by passing -gh to SWIG.
+
 10/2/2004: mmatus
 
 	    - More fixes for namespace + class declarations.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 9a1e03fca..88f53fccd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ SWIG-1.3.23 summary:
 - Overloaded templated function support added
 - More powerful default typemaps (mixed default typemaps)
 - Some important %feature, %extend and director code bug fixes
+- Guile now defaults to using SCM API.  The old interface can be obtained by
+  the -gh option.
 - Various minor improvements and bug fixes for C#, Chicken, Guile, Java, 
   MzScheme, Perl, Python and Ruby
 
diff --git a/Source/Modules/guile.cxx b/Source/Modules/guile.cxx
index 1f00bd659..a746f4b97 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/guile.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/guile.cxx
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ Guile Options (available with -guile)\n\
                                modules.\n\
      -scmstub                - Output Scheme file with module declaration and\n\
                                exports; only with `passive' and `simple' linkage\n\
-     -gh                     - Use the gh_ Guile API. (Guile <= 1.8, default) \n\
-     -scm                    - Use the scm Guile API. (Guile >= 1.6) \n\
+     -gh                     - Use the gh_ Guile API. (Guile <= 1.8) \n\
+     -scm                    - Use the scm Guile API. (Guile >= 1.6, default) \n\
      -proxy                  - Export GOOPS class definitions\n\
      -emitslotaccessors      - Emit accessor methods for all GOOPS slots\n" "\
      -primsuffix <suffix>    - Name appended to primitive module when exporting\n\
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static String *return_multi_doc = 0;
 
 static String *exported_symbols = 0;
 
-static int     use_scm_interface = 0;
+static int     use_scm_interface = 1;
 static int     exporting_destructor = 0;
 static String *swigtype_ptr = 0;