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diff --git a/zippy.README b/zippy.README
index bf1ee46..292646c 100644
--- a/zippy.README
+++ b/zippy.README
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ point.  You might find other suitable material at these sites.  Prose
 tends to work poorly because it is dull when shouted in isolated
 250-character chunks.
 
-	--Tim Mann <tim@tim-mann.org>
+	--Tim Mann
 	  http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html
 
 * * *
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ are at the bottom of this file.
 
 If you have problems building or running Zippy, see the rest of the
 xboard documentation: INSTALL documents the configure program, while
-READ_ME and xboard.man (or xboard.doc) document xboard itself, and
+READ_ME and xboard.man (or xboard.txt) document xboard itself, and
 WinBoard.hlp documents WinBoard.  FAQ answers some frequently asked
 questions.  The file engine-intf.html contains some information about
 the interface between xboard/WinBoard and GNU Chess (or other chess
@@ -348,6 +348,18 @@ obscure bugs are fixed in that version that affect starting a game in
 the middle (as with resuming from adjournments or switching opponents
 in a simul).
 
+As noted under -zippyPlay above, you should have -getMoveList on to
+ensure that the engine knows the game history after switching boards
+and thus handles draw by repetition and by the 50-move rule correctly.
+It should, however, also work to turn off this option to speed things
+up and reduce network bandwidth, if you don't mind the engine
+occasionally failing to see draw possibilities.  Unfortunately,
+though, with Crafty 18.3 (and probably other versions too) as the
+engine, users trying this have experienced Crafty crashes.  This looks
+to me like a Crafty bug, but I wasn't able to reproduce it, so it
+remains a mystery.
+
+
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