diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 50131804..edc27418 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-12-15  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* avrdude.1 (-C): Do not suggest users might change the
+	default config file.  It will be overwritten by updates.
+
 2015-12-09  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	bug #46610: Floating point exception (core dumped) arch linux rpi2
diff --git a/avrdude.1 b/avrdude.1
index 682bb329..7f4fd6d2 100644
--- a/avrdude.1
+++ b/avrdude.1
@@ -289,11 +289,8 @@ by using ? as programmer-id.
 Use the specified config file to load configuration data.  This file
 contains all programmer and part definitions that
 .Nm avrdude
-knows about.  If you have a programmer or part that
-.Nm avrdude
-does not know about, you can add it to the config file (be sure and
-submit a patch back to the author so that it can be incorporated for
-the next version).  See the config file, located at
+knows about.
+See the config file, located at
 .Pa ${PREFIX}/etc/avrdude.conf ,
 which contains a description of the format.
 .Pp