diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 94f7f67e3e..e0398c754b 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ $Date$
 <!ENTITY popt-version                 "1.14">
 <!ENTITY slang-version                "2.1.4">
 <!ENTITY gamin-version                "0.1.9">
-<!ENTITY libxml2-version              "2.7.2">
+<!ENTITY libxml2-version              "2.7.3">
 <!ENTITY libxslt-version              "1.1.24">
 <!ENTITY libgtkhtml-version           "2.11.1">
 <!-- <!ENTITY gmp-version                  "4.2.2"> Now in LFS  -->
diff --git a/general/genlib/libxml2.xml b/general/genlib/libxml2.xml
index 2b23633a47..e7637bbca5 100644
--- a/general/genlib/libxml2.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/libxml2.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!-- <!ENTITY libxml2-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/libxml2/2.6/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz"> -->
   <!ENTITY libxml2-download-http "http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY libxml2-download-ftp  "ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-&libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY libxml2-md5sum        "dc43ff7ae6aded45f578c87b7b0c8766">
-  <!ENTITY libxml2-size          "4.6 MB">
-  <!ENTITY libxml2-buildsize     "89 MB (additional 23 MB to run the full test suite)">
-  <!ENTITY libxml2-time          "1.4 SBU (additional 0.4 SBU to run the full test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY libxml2-md5sum        "8f4fda3969237c2a33bdb1583b5d06b2">
+  <!ENTITY libxml2-size          "4.7 MB">
+  <!ENTITY libxml2-buildsize     "116 MB (additional 21 MB to run the full test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY libxml2-time          "1.4 SBU (additional 0.3 SBU to run the full test suite)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="libxml2" xreflabel="libxml2-&libxml2-version;">
@@ -59,26 +58,19 @@
     <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
       <listitem>
         <para>Optional Testsuite: <ulink
-          url="http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/xmlts20080205.tar"/> - this
-          enables <command>make check</command> to do fuller testing. Note that
-	  the package will point you to this if you try to run the command
-	  without providing it, but the <filename>.tar.gz</filename> version is
-	  not downloadable, Also note this is <emphasis>not</emphasis> the
-	  latest version of the testsuite.</para>
+          url="http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/xmlts20080205.tar.gz"/> - This
+          enables <command>make check</command> to do complete testing. Note
+          that this is <emphasis>not</emphasis> the latest version of the
+          testsuite, but it is the one specified by the developers.</para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libxml2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libxslt"/> (used for the test suite
-    if found, but not required) and <xref linkend="python"/> (will install a
-    <application>Python</application> library module if found)</para>
-
-    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required to Run the Full Suite of
-    Tests)</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="python"/> and
-    <xref linkend="wget"/></para>
+    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="python"/> (to build and install a
+    <application>Python</application> library module, additionally it is
+    required to run the full suite of tests)</para>
 
     <note>
       <para>Some packages which utilize
@@ -98,7 +90,9 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of libxml2</title>
 
-    <para>If you downloaded the testsuite, untar it in libxml2-&libxml2-version;.</para>
+    <para>If you downloaded the testsuite, issue the following command:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>tar xf ../xmlts20080205.tar.gz</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install <application>libxml2</application> by running the following
     commands:</para>
@@ -117,13 +111,8 @@ make</userinput></screen>
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
-    <!-- <para><command>sed -i '...' xstc/Makefile.in</command>: This command is
-    used to add a new parameter required by recent versions of
-    <command>tar</command>. Without this command, the test suite will not
-    complete properly.</para> -->
-
     <para><parameter>--with-history</parameter>: If this option is used, it
-    enables <application>readline</application> support when running
+    enables <application>Readline</application> support when running
     <command>xmlcatalog</command> or <command>xmllint</command> in shell
     mode.</para>
 
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 36496dbd34..fb138f7dc7 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>February 16th, 2009</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Updated to libxml2-2.7.3.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[randy] - Updated to Shadow-4.1.2.2.</para>
         </listitem>