diff --git a/Doc/README b/Doc/README
index 6b6a286..38edc80 100644
--- a/Doc/README
+++ b/Doc/README
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@
 	  <http://www.latex2html.org/>.
 
 
+I got a make error: "make: don't know how to make commontex/patchlevel.tex."
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Your version of make doesn't support the 'shell' function.  You will need to
+use a version which does, e.g. GNU make.
+
+
 LaTeX (or pdfLaTeX) ran out of memory; how can I fix it?
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@@ -222,7 +229,7 @@
 as long as you don't change or remove the copyright notice:
 
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-Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Python Software Foundation.
+Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Python Software Foundation.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.