diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index ce6810a386..ffd9a3f1a0 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "23">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "24">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2014">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 23rd, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 24th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-version  "development">          <!-- x.y|development] -->
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index b9d70e2474..492102d58a 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>December 24th, 2014</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to abiword-3.0.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;5979">#5979</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>December 23rd, 2014</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index ca2e788291..3544fc0189 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
 
 <!-- Part X -->
 <!-- Chapter 34 -->
-<!ENTITY AbiWord-version              "3.0.0">
+<!ENTITY AbiWord-version              "3.0.1">
 <!ENTITY gnumeric-version             "1.12.18">
 <!ENTITY gnucash-version              "2.4.11">
 
diff --git a/xsoft/office/abiword.xml b/xsoft/office/abiword.xml
index c15478690c..9953f2ad68 100644
--- a/xsoft/office/abiword.xml
+++ b/xsoft/office/abiword.xml
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
   <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-http
            "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/&AbiWord-version;/source/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum        "8d9c41cff3a8fbef8d0c835c65600e65">
+  <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum        "f3f8052e7b4979a43b75775a381e6cb8">
   <!ENTITY AbiWord-size          "11 MB">
 
   <!ENTITY AbiWordDocs-download-http
            "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/&AbiWord-version;/source/abiword-docs-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY AbiWordDocs-md5sum        "1.5 MB">
-  <!ENTITY AbiWordDocs-size          "ed73d0743a19eb85e46b59464e0ef2bb">
+  <!ENTITY AbiWordDocs-md5sum        "c9b78cb5f9c415ed63ce1cf9874fa8a4">
+  <!ENTITY AbiWordDocs-size          "1.5">
 
-  <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize     "648 MB (84 MB installed)">
-  <!ENTITY AbiWord-time          "7.3 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize     "575 MB -additional 13 MB for docs (73 MB installed - additional 3.1 MB for docs)">
+  <!ENTITY AbiWord-time          "7.7 SBU - additional 0.5 SBU for docs">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;">
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@
           AbiWord Docs size: &AbiWordDocs-size;
         </para>
       </listitem>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>
-          Required patch: <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/svn/abiword-&AbiWord-version;-libgcrypt_1_6_0-1.patch"/>
-        </para>
-      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AbiWord Dependencies</bridgehead>
@@ -167,8 +162,7 @@
       commands:
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../abiword-&AbiWord-version;-libgcrypt_1_6_0-1.patch &amp;&amp;
-./configure --prefix=/usr                              &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
@@ -181,8 +175,15 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
+    <note>
+      <para>
+        In order to install the local help files,
+        a graphics session is recommended.
+      </para>
+    </note>
+
     <para>
-      If you wish to install the local help files, untar and build them first
+      If you wish to install the local help files, untar and build them first:
     </para>
 
 <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../abiword-docs-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz &amp;&amp;