diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index aeb61ba962..d242bd313f 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -4676,6 +4676,8 @@ Karl    2003/06/11
 Eric K. 2003/06/16
 	Attempted to make the XML parser more robust by adding
 	extract_xml_record() to parse.C
+	Added const modifier to constant parameters to increase class
+	compatibility.
 
 	parse.C
 	parse.h