diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3eb9a89..4ff0f8b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-0.41  Sluggish SIGCHLD handler could cause an I/O error on master pty
+0.41  Slightly late SIGCHLD could cause an I/O error on master pty
 
       Added -W (-polling) option to poll slave pty for changes in its 
       interrupt character and ISIG flag.
 
+      if $TERM is not found in termcap/terminfo database, use vt100
+
 0.40  configure will now find tgetent() in libtinfo 
 
       compiling with gcc -O2 made rlwrap hang after CTRL-D on empty line
diff --git a/src/pty.c b/src/pty.c
index 8ec44e4..177d8f9 100644
--- a/src/pty.c
+++ b/src/pty.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ my_pty_fork(int *ptr_master_fd,
       slave_pty_sensing_fd = fds;
       sensing_pty = "slave";
     } else  {                                 /* Running out of options:                                                */
-        fprintf(stderr,                       /* don't use mywarn() because of the strerror() message *within* the text */
+        fprintf(stderr,                       /* don't use myerror(WARNING|...) because of the strerror() message *within* the text */
                 "Warning: %s cannot determine terminal mode of %s\n"
                 "(because: %s).\n"
                 "Readline mode will always be on (as if -a option was set);\n"