diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6882f82850..280703476e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-05-12  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* INSTALL: mention that gtk+ version 1.2.7 or higher is mandatory
+
 2000-05-12  Nick Lamb  <njl195@zepler.org.uk>
 
 	* plug-ins/common/tiff.c: Don't bother checking for CODEC
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index b5e6edf5a2..a8e37dd2fa 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 There are six basic steps to building and installing the
 GIMP:
 
-  1. You need to have installed GTK version 1.2.6 or better. We strongly
-     recommend you use 1.2.7 or better.
+  1. You need to have installed GTK version 1.2.7 or better. 
   2. You may want to install other third party libraries or programs that
      are needed for some of the available plugins: TIFF, PNG, JPEG, MPEG,
      perl, etc.
diff --git a/README b/README
index aa77807652..f69a0f5bde 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -106,10 +106,3 @@ Have fun,
   Federico Mena
   Manish Singh
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-