diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 3953a6c830..3971266c35 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>January 1st, 2009</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Tweaked sane-backends instructions for
+          proper udev and gid settings.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to subversion-1.5.4.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/pst/scanning/sane.xml b/pst/scanning/sane.xml
index 65138aa2a4..ee6f014dd0 100644
--- a/pst/scanning/sane.xml
+++ b/pst/scanning/sane.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@
       <para>Install <application>SANE</application>-backends by
       running the following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/SYSFS/ATTRS/g' tools/sane-desc.c &amp;&amp;
+./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
@@ -196,6 +197,9 @@ install -v -m644 doc/sane.png xscanimage-icon-48x48-2.png \
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
+    <para><command>sed -i 's/SYSFS/ATTRS/g' tools/sane-desc.c</command>: This 
+    command fixes an obsolete <application>udev</application> parameter.</para>
+
     <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This switch installs the
     configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/sane.d</filename>
     instead of <filename class="directory">/usr/etc/sane.d</filename>.</para>
@@ -229,6 +233,9 @@ install -v -m644 doc/sane.png xscanimage-icon-48x48-2.png \
         <command>man sane-<replaceable>&lt;backend&gt;</replaceable></command>,
         substituting the desired backend.</para>
 
+        <para>Add any desired users to the <systemitem
+        class="groupname">scanner</systemitem> group.</para>
+
       </sect4>
 
       <sect4>
@@ -261,10 +268,6 @@ install -v -m644 doc/sane.png xscanimage-icon-48x48-2.png \
         daemon can be found at
         <ulink url="http://penguin-breeder.org/sane/saned/"/>.</para>
 
-        <para>Once the <command>saned</command> daemon has been configured, add
-        any desired users to the <systemitem class="groupname">scanner</systemitem> 
-        group.</para>
-
       </sect4>
 
     </sect3>