diff --git a/README b/README
index 91d044a99..fae9e8319 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-README for libpng version 1.7.0beta38 - September 28, 2014 (shared library 17.0)
+README for libpng version 1.7.0beta38 - October 17, 2014 (shared library 17.0)
 See the note about version numbers near the top of png.h
 
 See INSTALL for instructions on how to install libpng.
@@ -30,11 +30,18 @@ png_get_<chunk> functions.  These functions should be used when
 accessing/storing the info_struct data, rather than manipulating it
 directly, to avoid such problems in the future.
 
-It is important to note that the APIs do not make current programs
+It is important to note that the APIs did not make current programs
 that access the info struct directly incompatible with the new
-library.  However, it is strongly suggested that new programs use
-the new APIs (as shown in example.c and pngtest.c), and older programs
-be converted to the new format, to facilitate upgrades in the future.
+library, through libpng-1.2.x.  In libpng-1.4.x, which was meant to
+be a transitional release, members of the png_struct and the
+info_struct can still be accessed, but the compiler will issue a
+warning about deprecated usage.  Since libpng-1.5.0, direct access
+to these structs is not allowed, and the definitions of the structs
+reside in private pngstruct.h and pnginfo.h header files that are not
+accessible to applications.  It is strongly suggested that new
+programs use the new APIs (as shown in example.c and pngtest.c), and
+older programs be converted to the new format, to facilitate upgrades
+in the future.
 ****
 
 Additions since 0.90 include the ability to compile libpng as a
diff --git a/example.c b/example.c
index a0229e8e1..6c0ed1e9c 100644
--- a/example.c
+++ b/example.c
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
  *
  * Don't repeatedly convert between the 8-bit and 16-bit forms.  There is
  * significant data loss when 16-bit data is converted to the 8-bit encoding and
- * the current libpng implementation of convertion to 16-bit is also
+ * the current libpng implementation of conversion to 16-bit is also
  * significantly lossy.  The latter will be fixed in the future, but the former
  * is unavoidable - the 8-bit format just doesn't have enough resolution.
  */
 
 /* If your program needs more information from the PNG data it reads, or if you
- * need to do more complex transformations, or minimise transformations, on the
+ * need to do more complex transformations, or minimize transformations, on the
  * data you read, then you must use one of the several lower level libpng
  * interfaces.
  *
diff --git a/pngtest.c b/pngtest.c
index 0058b43d1..b0d9ea220 100644
--- a/pngtest.c
+++ b/pngtest.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ set_location(png_structp png_ptr, struct user_chunk_data *data, int what)
    if ((data->location[0] & what) || (data->location[1] & what))
       return 0; /* already have one of these */
 
-   /* Find where we are (the code below zeros info_ptr to indicate that the
+   /* Find where we are (the code below zeroes info_ptr to indicate that the
     * chunks before the first IDAT have been read.)
     */
    if (data->info_ptr == NULL) /* after IDAT */