diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index d916fc92a6c..8ea5a9f84a1 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-09-24  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
+
+	* include/std/bitset: Adjust comment to reflect DR 853.
+	* include/debug/bitset: Likewise.
+	* doc/xml/manual/intro.xml: Add an entry for DR 853.
+
 2008-09-23  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
 
 	Implement DR 396 [Ready].
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/intro.xml b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/intro.xml
index eb9652f49ec..d60dd5df5d9 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/intro.xml
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/intro.xml
@@ -708,6 +708,12 @@
     </term>
     <listitem><para>In C++0x mode, remove the pow(complex&lt;T&gt;, int) signature.
     </para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry><term><ulink url="../ext/lwg-active.html#853">853</ulink>:
+        <emphasis>to_string needs updating with zero and one</emphasis>
+    </term>
+    <listitem><para>Update / add the signatures.
+    </para></listitem></varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
 
  </sect2>
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/debug/bitset b/libstdc++-v3/include/debug/bitset
index 28e0282e992..1167ee93bdf 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/debug/bitset
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/debug/bitset
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ namespace __debug
         { return to_string<_CharT, _Traits, std::allocator<_CharT> >(); }
 
       // _GLIBCXX_RESOLVE_LIB_DEFECTS
-      // 396. what are characters zero and one.
+      // 853. to_string needs updating with zero and one.
       template<class _CharT, class _Traits>
 	std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, std::allocator<_CharT> >
 	to_string(_CharT __zero, _CharT __one = _CharT('1')) const
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/bitset b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/bitset
index 9a1ba8d0ddf..b18440d39f8 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/bitset
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/bitset
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NESTED_NAMESPACE(std, _GLIBCXX_STD_D)
 	{ return to_string<_CharT, _Traits, std::allocator<_CharT> >(); }
 
       // _GLIBCXX_RESOLVE_LIB_DEFECTS
-      // 396. what are characters zero and one.
+      // 853. to_string needs updating with zero and one.
       template<class _CharT, class _Traits>
 	std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, std::allocator<_CharT> >
 	to_string(_CharT __zero, _CharT __one = _CharT('1')) const