diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml
index ffb00c8e2d..1b3be760f2 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ audio.
 can be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2.
 </para>
 
-&history.xml;
 </chapter>
 
 &install.xml;
@@ -196,3 +195,4 @@ can be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2.
 &bugreports.xml;
 &bugs.xml;
 &skin.xml;
+&history.xml;
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml
index 65d23ad308..02415c6ab3 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
 <!-- $Revision$ -->
-<!-- FIXME: history really should be in the appendix -->
-<sect1 id="history">
+<appendix id="history">
 <title>History</title>
 
 <blockquote><para>
@@ -112,4 +111,4 @@ problems too. So I've decided to write/modify one...
   </para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 </para>
-</sect1>
+</appendix>