diff --git a/SWIG/CHANGES b/SWIG/CHANGES
index 228929636..64ed485aa 100644
--- a/SWIG/CHANGES
+++ b/SWIG/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator)
 
-Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
+Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (September 4, 2000)
 ======================================
 
 9/3/00  : ttn
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
                    virtual void foo();
                  }
 
-          Swig will generate a single wrapper function like this
+          Swig now will generate a single wrapper function for this
 
                 A_foo(A *a) {
                     a->foo();
@@ -299,6 +299,17 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
           than before.
           *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
 
+8/15/00 : beazley
+          Secret developer feature.  Since datatypes are now represented as 
+          strings internally, you can bypass limitations of the parser and
+          create a wild datatype by simply enclosing the raw string encoding
+          in backticks (``) and sticking it in the interface file anywhere a
+          type is expected.  For example, `a(20).a(10).p.f(int,int)`.  This 
+          feature is only intended for testing (i.e., you want to see what
+          happens to your language module if it gets a reference to a pointer
+          to an array of pointers to functions or something). 
+          *** SICK HACK ***
+
 8/14/00 : beazley
           Completely new type-system added to the implementation.
           More details later.