diff --git a/website/download.html b/website/download.html
index d03e71d0..2606b6ce 100644
--- a/website/download.html
+++ b/website/download.html
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
       <h2><a>General information</a></h2>
 
-      <p>The current version is 1.15.8. <a href="release-1.15.html">
+      <p>The current version is 1.15.9. <a href="release-1.15.html">
           Release notes</a>.</p>
 
       <p>The download page for Recoll 1.14 is
@@ -101,11 +101,15 @@
 
       <h2><a name="source">Source</a></h2>
 
-      <h3>Current release distribution: 1.15.8:</h3> 
+      <h3>Current release distribution: 1.15.9:</h3> 
       <!-- Attention: source packages must remain here, not in a
         subdirectory, because of all the places they're referred from
-        (package watches( -->
-       <p><a href="recoll-1.15.8.tar.gz">recoll-1.15.8.tar.gz</a>.</p>
+        (package watches) -->
+       <p><a href="recoll-1.15.9.tar.gz">recoll-1.15.9.tar.gz</a>.
+         1.15.9 only fixes an architecture-dependant startup crash in
+         1.15.8. You do not need to upgrade if 1.15.8 does not crash
+         instantly on startup on your system.
+       </p>
 
 <!--
       <h3>Snapshot</h3>
@@ -265,7 +269,7 @@ gpg --export --armor  A0735AD0 | sudo apt-key add -
 
       <h3>OpenSUSE</h3>
       <blockquote>
-        <p>Recoll 1.15.8 is in the KDE:Extra repository
+        <p>Recoll is in the KDE:Extra repository
 
 <!--
 I now use the OpenSUSE build service to create Recoll OpenSUSE packages. 
diff --git a/website/index.html.en b/website/index.html.en
index 689e1f1b..13b8bee6 100644
--- a/website/index.html.en
+++ b/website/index.html.en
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@
       <h2>News: </h2>
       <ul>
 
+        <li>2011-05-29: release 
+          <a href="download.html#source">1.15.9</a> fixes a startup
+          crash in 1.15.8. This occurs only on some architectures, and
+          if you are not experiencing the problem (it happens every
+          time if at all), you do not need to upgrade.
+        </li>
+
         <li>2011-05-02: release 
           <a href="download.html#source">1.15.8</a> is out with 
           <a href="BUGS.html#b_1_15_7">bug fixes</a> and a few
diff --git a/website/index.html.fr b/website/index.html.fr
index 3e8b2df1..ccacee53 100644
--- a/website/index.html.fr
+++ b/website/index.html.fr
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@
 
       <h2>Nouvelles: </h2>
       <ul>
+        <li>2011-05-29: la version 
+          <a href="download.html#source">1.15.9</a> corrige un crash au
+          démarrage de la version 1.15.8. Le problème n'affecte que
+          certaines architectures, et il est inutile de mettre à jour si
+          vous n'êtes pas affecté.
+        </li>
 
         <li>2011-05-02: la version 
           <a href="download.html#source">1.15.8</a> est disponible
diff --git a/website/release-1.15.html b/website/release-1.15.html
index 310db905..d305c95c 100644
--- a/website/release-1.15.html
+++ b/website/release-1.15.html
@@ -29,54 +29,59 @@
     
     <div class="content">
 
-      <h1>Release notes for Recoll 1.15.0/1.15.8</h1>
+      <h1>Release notes for Recoll 1.15.0/1.15.9</h1>
 
       <p><em>Notes:</em>
-        <ul><li>1.15.1 is identical to 1.15.0 except for a very
-          small modification to allow building with qt 4.4.</li>
-        <li>1.15.2 fixes the GUI startup crash described below, and an
-        issue with very long path elements, which manifested itself mainly
-        while indexing the Beagle queue.</li>
+
+        <ul>
+          <li>1.15.9 fixes a startup crash in 1.15.8. This occurs only on
+            some architectures, and if you are not experiencing the problem
+            (it happens every time if at all), you do not need to
+            upgrade.</li>
+
+          <li>1.15.8 fixes quite a few bugs (see
+            the <a href="BUGS.html#b_1_15_7">BUGS</a> file) and also
+            breaks my promise to only fix bugs in minor releases because
+            it also has a few small functional improvements (which
+            actually border on the bug fix category):
+            <ul>
+              <li>Searches now allow negative directory filtering (all
+                results except from the specified directory). Other
+                attempts at still impossible negative searches (ie: <span
+                class="literal">-mime:</span>) now cause explicit errors
+                messages instead of lame results. The inverted directory
+                filtering is accessible from the query language and by
+                checking a checkbox in the advanced search panel.</li>
+
+              <li>The GUI advanced search panel now allows specifying a
+                field for each entry (ie: author/recipient, etc).</li>
+
+              <li>Added filters for .war (Konqueror web archive) and
+                .mhtm (other web archive format).</li>
+
+              <li>Result table:
+                <ul>
+                  <li>The detail area now has a popup menu similar
+                    to the one in the result list (open parent, save to
+                    disk etc.).</li>
+                  <li>Estimated result counts are displayed in the
+                    status line.</li> 
+                </ul>
+              </li>
+          </ul>
+        <li>1.15.6 and 1.15.7 almost exclusively fix build issues (except
+          for the indication of the stemming language in the menu, fixed in
+          1.15.7). If you are running 1.15.5, you probably don't need to
+          upgrade.</li>
         <li>1.15.5 fixes more crashes still in 1.15.2. See the 
         <a href="BUGS.html#b_1_15_2">BUGS</a> file</li>
-        <li>1.15.6 and 1.15.7 almost exclusively fix build issues (except
-        for the indication of the stemming language in the menu, fixed in
-        1.15.7). If you are running 1.15.5, you probably don't need to
-        upgrade.</li>
-
-        <li>1.15.8 fixes quite a few bugs (see
-        the <a href="BUGS.html#b_1_15_7">BUGS</a> file) and also
-        breaks my promise to only fix bugs in minor releases because
-        it also has a few small functional improvements (which
-        actually border on the bug fix category):
-          <ul>
-            <li>Searches now allow negative directory filtering (all
-              results except from the specified directory). Other attempts
-              at still impossible negative searches
-              (ie: <span class="literal">-mime:</span>) now cause
-              explicit errors messages instead of lame results. The
-              inverted directory filtering is accessible from the query
-              language and by checking a checkbox in the advanced
-              search panel.</li> 
-
-            <li>The GUI advanced search panel now allows specifying a
-              field for each entry (ie: author/recipient, etc).</li>
-
-            <li>Added filters for .war (Konqueror web archive) and
-              .mhtm (other web archive format).</li>
-
-            <li>Result table:
-              <ul>
-                <li>The detail area now has a popup menu similar
-                  to the one in the result list (open parent, save to disk
-                  etc.).</li>
-                <li>Estimated result counts are displayed in the
-                  status line.</li> 
-              </ul>
-            </li>
-
-          </ul>
-      </p>
+        <li>1.15.2 fixes the GUI startup crash described below, and an
+          issue with very long path elements, which manifested itself mainly
+          while indexing the Beagle queue.</li>
+        <li>1.15.1 is identical to 1.15.0 except for a very
+          small modification to allow building with qt 4.4.</li>
+       </ul>
+     </p>
 
       <h2>Caveats</h2>