diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 1204ae854..ec576b065 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ INSTALLING SBCL
 
     :SB-THREAD
       Native threads. Enabled by default on x86[-64] Linux only, also
-      available on x86[-64] Max OS X, x86[-64] FreeBSD, and x86
-      Solaris.
+      available on x86[-64] Max OS X, x86[-64] FreeBSD, x86 Solaris,
+      and PPC Linux.
 
     :SB-UNICODE
       Unicode support. Enabled by default. Disabling this feature
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d8deb5cc4..923b31b76 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ changes relative to sbcl-1.0.41
     COMPUTE-DISCRIMINATING-FUNCTION does much less wasted work.
   * enhancement: Explicit memory barrier operations are now available for use
     by multithreaded code.  See documentation for details.
+  * enhancement: Experimental support for threading on Linux/PPC.
 
 changes in sbcl-1.0.41 relative to sbcl-1.0.40:
   * optimization: validity of observed keyword initargs to MAKE-INSTANCE is
diff --git a/doc/manual/threading.texinfo b/doc/manual/threading.texinfo
index 56a73e769..b51ba34a9 100644
--- a/doc/manual/threading.texinfo
+++ b/doc/manual/threading.texinfo
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ SB-THREAD package.
 Threads are part of the default build on x86[-64] Linux only.
 
 They are also experimentally supported on: x86[-64] Darwin (Mac OS X),
-x86[-64] FreeBSD, and x86 SunOS (Solaris). On these platforms threads
-must be explicitly enabled at build-time, see @file{INSTALL} for
+x86[-64] FreeBSD, x86 SunOS (Solaris), and PPC Linux. On these platforms
+threads must be explicitly enabled at build-time, see @file{INSTALL} for
 directions.
 
 @menu
diff --git a/version.lisp-expr b/version.lisp-expr
index 86ae80161..dc8a1ef82 100644
--- a/version.lisp-expr
+++ b/version.lisp-expr
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 ;;; checkins which aren't released. (And occasionally for internal
 ;;; versions, especially for internal versions off the main CVS
 ;;; branch, it gets hairier, e.g. "0.pre7.14.flaky4.13".)
-"1.0.41.41"
+"1.0.41.42"