diff --git a/jtag/NEWS b/jtag/NEWS
index 17a66529..c9abce2c 100644
--- a/jtag/NEWS
+++ b/jtag/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ See libbrux/NEWS for more news.
 	* Added Motorola MPC824x bus driver.
 	* Added new command 'salias'.
 	* Explicit 'detectflash' command call is required before 'flashmem' command.
-	* Fixed minor bugs.
+	* Fixed minor bugs (including bug 857039).
 
 jtag-0.5.1 (2003-10-11):
 
diff --git a/jtag/README b/jtag/README
index 01886f77..f9163223 100644
--- a/jtag/README
+++ b/jtag/README
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ Required software
 -----------------
 
 Required only for MS Windows:
-- Current Cygwin net installation from <http://cygwin.com/>
+- current Cygwin net installation from <http://cygwin.com/>
+- ioperm package (a part of the standard Cygwin net installation)
 
 Required for all systems:
 - include package from <http://openwince.sourceforge.net/include/>