diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 14c04f891f..859d1ab353 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -22595,4 +22595,4 @@ Bruce  13 Jan 2005
       mailings of changes to the top level directory.  The main problem
       is that one can't use "^boinc[ ]" or "^boinc\ " or
       "^boinc\#20" as a regex to try and match the name of the top
-      level directory with no trailing slash.
+      level directory with no trailing slash. What a mess!