diff --git a/contrib/blast/blast.c b/contrib/blast/blast.c
index 4ce697a..d45925a 100644
--- a/contrib/blast/blast.c
+++ b/contrib/blast/blast.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* blast.c
- * Copyright (C) 2003 Mark Adler
+ * Copyright (C) 2003, 2012 Mark Adler
  * For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in blast.h
- * version 1.1, 16 Feb 2003
+ * version 1.2, 24 Oct 2012
  *
  * blast.c decompresses data compressed by the PKWare Compression Library.
  * This function provides functionality similar to the explode() function of
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  *
  * 1.0  12 Feb 2003     - First version
  * 1.1  16 Feb 2003     - Fixed distance check for > 4 GB uncompressed data
+ * 1.2  24 Oct 2012     - Add note about using binary mode in stdio
  */
 
 #include <setjmp.h>             /* for setjmp(), longjmp(), and jmp_buf */
diff --git a/contrib/blast/blast.h b/contrib/blast/blast.h
index ce9e541..658cfd3 100644
--- a/contrib/blast/blast.h
+++ b/contrib/blast/blast.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* blast.h -- interface for blast.c
-  Copyright (C) 2003 Mark Adler
-  version 1.1, 16 Feb 2003
+  Copyright (C) 2003, 2012 Mark Adler
+  version 1.2, 24 Oct 2012
 
   This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
   warranty.  In no event will the author be held liable for any damages
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
  * that library.  (Note: PKWare overused the "implode" verb, and the format
  * used by their library implode() function is completely different and
  * incompatible with the implode compression method supported by PKZIP.)
+ *
+ * The binary mode for stdio functions should be used to assure that the
+ * compressed data is not corrupted when read or written.  For example:
+ * fopen(..., "rb") and fopen(..., "wb").
  */