diff --git a/byobu.1 b/byobu.1
index b5fe85f5..fbab3132 100644
--- a/byobu.1
+++ b/byobu.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 byobu \- wrapper script for seeding a user's byobu configuration and launching screen
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBbyobu\fP is a simple script that sanitizes a user's ~/.byobu directory, and launches screen in the byobu configuration.
+\fBbyobu\fP is a script that launches GNU screen in the byobu configuration.  This enables the display of system information and status notifications within two lines at the bottom of the screen session. It also enables multiple tabbed terminal sessions, accessible through simple keystrokes.
 
 .SH STATUS NOTIFICATIONS
 
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ byobu \- wrapper script for seeding a user's byobu configuration and launching s
 
 \fBwindows\fP \- each open window in the screen session appears is displayed in the upper bar toward the far right in blue text on a grey background
 
+.SH UNITS OF MEASURE
+byobu uses binary for measurements rather than decimal for KB, MB, and GB.  This means multiples of 1024 rather than multiples of 1000, in accordance with JEDEC Standard 100B.01.
+
 .SH KEYBINDINGS
 
 byobu keybindings can be user defined in /usr/share/byobu/keybindings/ (or within .screenrc if byobu-export was used). The common key bindings are:
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 42238ceb..2024d7ce 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 byobu (2.17) unreleased; urgency=low
 
+  [ Dustin Kirkland ]
   * debian/postinst: can't assume a group named for the user, LP: #391722
   * bin/mem_available: read mem_available from /proc, should be more
     efficient
   * byobu-launcher-uninstall: uninstall old screen-launcher entries too,
     LP: #391913
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:22:21 -0500
+  [ Ciemon Dunville ]
+  * byobu.1: update description, add note about units of measure
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:56:37 -0500
 
 byobu (2.16-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low