diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 734e962a67e..d72d7a91655 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-07-09  Kim F. Storm  <storm@cua.dk>
+
+	* INSTALL (DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION): Describe new
+	functionality of --without-xim.
+
 2003-06-29  Dave Love  <fx@gnu.org>
 
 	* configure.in: Fix XRegisterIMInstantiateCallback check for gcc.
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index d7bba6c3379..c4dfab45598 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ or when the frame is resized.
 ** The X resource useXIM can be used to turn off use of XIM, which may
 speed up Emacs with slow networking to the X server.
 
+If the configure option `--without-xim' was used to turn off use of
+XIM by default, the X resource useXIM can be used to turn it on.
+
 ** `describe-char' can show data from the Unicode database file.  See
 user option `unicode-data'.
 
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 78a73db5cc1..6bbc7842767 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 	* xterm.c (use_xim) [!USE_XIM]: Default to disable XIM if emacs
 	was configured with --without-xim.
+	(x_term_init) [!USE_XIM]: Use `useXIM' resource to turn on XIM.
 
 2003-07-07  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>