diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1ea7735552..9a2c61559b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 	  via the RECONCILED_MATCH_TYPE string
 	* src/engine/Transaction.h -- add RECONCILED_MATCH_TYPE string
 	* hook into the Find Transactions window (fixes bug #95634)
+
+	* src/engine/test/test-querynew.c -- add a warning message about
+	  known CRITICAL messages, which are safe to ignore..
 	
 2002-10-16  Joshua Sled  <jsled@asynchronous.org>
 
diff --git a/src/engine/test/test-querynew.c b/src/engine/test/test-querynew.c
index ccf4f48f93..4373ff41a8 100644
--- a/src/engine/test/test-querynew.c
+++ b/src/engine/test/test-querynew.c
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ static void test_query_object (void)
     { NULL },
   };
 
+  fprintf (stderr, "\tTesting the QueryObject interface. \n"
+	   "\tYou may see some \"** CRITICAL **\" messages, which you can safely ignore\n");
+
   gncQueryObjectRegister (TEST_MODULE_NAME, (QuerySort)test_sort, params);
 
   do_test (gncQueryObjectGetParameter (TEST_MODULE_NAME, TEST_PARAM)