diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f924b0d61..6c2d5e3b0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ represents a feature release, and the Z represents a patch.
 
 ------ current release ---------------------------
 
-1.4.2 (9/13/2008)
+1.4.2 (9/14/2008)
   + "task undo" can now retract a "task done" command, provided no reports
     have been run (and therefore TDB::gc run)
   + Task now correctly sorts on entire strings, instead of just the first
diff --git a/html/advanced.html b/html/advanced.html
index 3208f2671..126bbf3a2 100644
--- a/html/advanced.html
+++ b/html/advanced.html
@@ -356,6 +356,14 @@ ID Project Pri Description
 % wtask list
 ...</code></pre>
 
+                <strong>% task &lt;id&gt; "new description"</strong>
+                <p>
+                  Not strictly a command, the replacement of the description can
+                  be achieved by quoting the entire description.  The quotes are
+                  necessary in case one of the description words looks like a task
+                  command.
+                </p>
+
                 <strong>% task &lt;id&gt; fg:... bg:...</strong>
                 <p>
                   Not strictly a command, the setting of the fg and bg (foreground
diff --git a/html/task.html b/html/task.html
index cec9f6ae7..28b160bcb 100644
--- a/html/task.html
+++ b/html/task.html
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 -->
                 </table>
 
-                <h4>New in version 1.4.2 (9/13/2008)</h4>
+                <h4>New in version 1.4.2 (9/14/2008)</h4>
                 <ul>
                   <li>"task undo" can now retract a "task done" command, provided no
                       reports have been run.
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
                   <li>Task now supports "default.command" configuration variable (for example
                       it could contain "list due:tomorrow") which is the command that is run
                       whenever task is invoked with no arguments.
+                  <li>Task supports modifying the existing description of a task, with the
+                      following syntax: task &lt;id&gt; "new description ...".
                   <li>Fixed bug so that relative dates in filters (task list due:eom,
                       task list due:tomorrow, task list due:23rd ...) are now properly
                       supported.
diff --git a/html/usage.html b/html/usage.html
index c499956fe..1a5b58d0a 100644
--- a/html/usage.html
+++ b/html/usage.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
        task long [tags] [attrs] desc...
        task ls [tags] [attrs] desc...
        task completed [tags] [attrs] desc...
-       task ID [tags] [attrs] [desc...]
+       task ID [tags] [attrs] ["desc..."]
        task ID /from/to/
        task delete ID
        task undelete ID
diff --git a/html/versions.html b/html/versions.html
index e6e3ffe4f..81bdcdecc 100644
--- a/html/versions.html
+++ b/html/versions.html
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
                   <li>Removed TUTORIAL file contents in favor of online version
                   <li>New Mac Intel-only Leopard (10.5) binary package
                 </ul>
+
                 <p>
                   <h4>New in version 1.4.0 (7/10/2008)</h4>
                   Source: <a href="http://www.beckingham.net/task-1.4.0.tar.gz">task-1.4.0.tar.gz</a>
diff --git a/src/parse.cpp b/src/parse.cpp
index 98c376fe2..c468a822c 100644
--- a/src/parse.cpp
+++ b/src/parse.cpp
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ void parse (
           command = l;
         else
           descCandidate += arg;
-//          throw std::string ("'") + arg + "' is not a valid command.";
       }
 
       // Anything else is just considered description.