diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 57bacb41..2c6e884b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-09-02  Eric B. Weddington <eric@ecentral.com>
+
+    * doc/avrdude.texi: Add note about privileges needed to load 
+    the giveio driver for Windows.
+
 2003/08/29  Brian S. Dean  <bsd@bsdhome.com>
 
         * avrdude.1:
diff --git a/doc/avrdude.texi b/doc/avrdude.texi
index 35a73a2b..eebdd862 100644
--- a/doc/avrdude.texi
+++ b/doc/avrdude.texi
@@ -1411,6 +1411,8 @@ means that after the first time install_giveio is executed, you should
 be able to subsequently execute the batch file from any directory and have
 it successfully start the driver.
 
+Note that you must have administrator privilege to load the giveio driver.
+
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