diff --git a/doc/README.developer b/doc/README.developer
index 0162941ad9..1632a25be9 100644
--- a/doc/README.developer
+++ b/doc/README.developer
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README.developer,v 1.86 2003/11/14 19:20:24 guy Exp $
+$Id: README.developer,v 1.87 2003/12/19 19:08:00 guy Exp $
 
 This file is a HOWTO for Ethereal developers. It describes how to start coding
 a Ethereal protocol dissector and the use some of the important functions and
@@ -46,12 +46,15 @@ defined.  Also, don't assume you can use "%lld", "%llu", "%llx", or
 "%llo" to print 64-bit integral data types - not all platforms support
 "%ll" for printing them.
 
-Don't use "uint", "ulong" or "ushort"; they aren't defined on all
-platforms.  If you want an "int-sized" unsigned quantity, use "guint";
-if you want a 32-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint32"; and if you want a
-16-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint16".  Use "%d", "%u", "%x", and "%o"
-to print those types; don't use "%ld", "%lu", "%lx", or "%lo", as longs
-are 64 bits long on many platforms, but "guint32" is 32 bits long.
+Don't use "uchar", "u_char", "ushort", "u_short", "uint", "u_int",
+"ulong", or "u_long"; they aren't defined on all platforms.  If you want
+an 8-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint8"; if you want an 8-bit character
+value with the 8th bit not interpreted as a sign bit, use "guchar"; if
+you want a 16-bit unsigned quantity, use "guint16"; if you want a 32-bit
+unsigned quantity, use "guint32"; and if you want an "int-sized"
+unsigned quantity, use "guint".  Use "%d", "%u", "%x", and "%o" to print
+those types; don't use "%ld", "%lu", "%lx", or "%lo", as longs are 64
+bits long on many platforms, but "guint32" is 32 bits long.
 
 Don't use "long" to mean "signed 32-bit integer", and don't use
 "unsigned long" to mean "unsigned 32-bit integer"; "long"s are 64 bits
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ code inside
 
 is needed only if you are using the "snprintf()" function.
 
-The "$Id: README.developer,v 1.86 2003/11/14 19:20:24 guy Exp $"
+The "$Id: README.developer,v 1.87 2003/12/19 19:08:00 guy Exp $"
 in the comment will be updated by CVS when the file is
 checked in; it will allow the RCS "ident" command to report which
 version of the file is currently checked out.
@@ -257,7 +260,7 @@ version of the file is currently checked out.
  * Routines for PROTONAME dissection
  * Copyright 2000, YOUR_NAME <YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
  *
- * $Id: README.developer,v 1.86 2003/11/14 19:20:24 guy Exp $
+ * $Id: README.developer,v 1.87 2003/12/19 19:08:00 guy Exp $
  *
  * Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
  * By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com>