diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f3104030ab..c13fed200d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-07-02  Dave Peticolas  <dave@krondo.com>
+
+	* src/scm/bootstrap.scm.in: instead of the scheme command,
+	just tell the user to run gnucash once as root.
+
 2001-07-01  Dave Peticolas  <dave@krondo.com>
 
 	* src/gnc-ui-util.[ch]: implement towupper and iswlower
diff --git a/src/scm/bootstrap.scm.in b/src/scm/bootstrap.scm.in
index c7118fbaaf..d1756239fd 100644
--- a/src/scm/bootstrap.scm.in
+++ b/src/scm/bootstrap.scm.in
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@
         (display "a symbolic link named 'slib' from the guile directory\n")
         (display "(usually /usr/share/guile) to the directory where slib\n")
         (display "is installed.\n\n")
-        (display "You may also need to run the following command as root:")
-        (newline)
-        (newline)
-        (display "  guile -c \"(use-modules (ice-9 slib)) (require 'new-catalog)\"")
+        (display "You may also need to run GnuCash once as root.")
         (newline)
         (newline))