2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 272b94cc..d7ccece4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ fetchmail-6.3.18 (not yet released):
   then - silently - succeeds.  Fetchmail, unless in verbose mode, will collect
   all connect errors and only report them if all of them fail.
 
+# CHANGES
+* When encountering incorrect headers, fetchmail will refer to the bad-header
+  option in the manpage. BerliOS Bug #17272, change suggested by Björn Voigt.
+
 # KNOWN BUGS AND WORKAROUNDS:
   (this section floats upwards through the NEWS file so it stays with the
   current release information - however, it was stuck with 6.3.8 for a while)
diff --git a/transact.c b/transact.c
index 6de2dfca..3a08bd7a 100644
--- a/transact.c
+++ b/transact.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ eoh:
 		    has_nuls = TRUE;
 		if (outlevel > O_SILENT)
 		    report(stdout,
-			   GT_("incorrect header line found while scanning headers\n"));
+			   GT_("incorrect header line found - see manpage for bad-header option\n"));
 		if (outlevel >= O_VERBOSE)
 		    report (stdout, GT_("line: %s"), line);
 		refuse_mail = 1;