diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index bc6c706dcb..e3adcf4828 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -2446,3 +2446,11 @@ David  3 Mar 2012
     - LAMMPS job submission: set rsc_fpops_bound to 20 times rsc_fpops_est
     html/user/
         lammps.php
+
+David  4 Mar 2012
+    - web: open BBCode instructions in new window (or tab).
+        Otherwise, on IE, you lose the text you already entered
+        when you go back.
+
+    html/inc/
+        util.inc
diff --git a/html/inc/util.inc b/html/inc/util.inc
index 9d11a967da..ae31635bbe 100644
--- a/html/inc/util.inc
+++ b/html/inc/util.inc
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ function close_output_buffer($filename) {
 }
 
 function html_info() {
-    return "<br><a href=\"bbcode.php\"><span class=\"smalltext\">".tra("Use BBCode tags to format your text")."</span></a>\n";
+    return "<br><a href=bbcode.php target=new><span class=smalltext>".tra("Use BBCode tags to format your text")."</span></a>\n";
 }
 
 // strip slashes if magic quotes in effect