diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 98f8563..dbcd0ec 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build a release of 'tren' using 'make'
-# $Id: makefile,v 1.109 2012/06/09 20:19:48 tundra Exp $
+# $Id: makefile,v 1.110 2012/06/09 20:20:28 tundra Exp $
 # Requires a modern 'make' like GNU.
 
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 WHATSNEW.txt: FORCE
 	@printf "%s\n%s\n\n" ${HEADER1} ${HEADER2} | cat - $@ >${TMPFILE}
 	@mv ${TMPFILE} $@
-	@__EDITOR__ __EDITARGS__ $@
+	@emacs -nw_ $@
 	@cvs commit -m${HEADER1} $@
 
 docs: ${DOCS} ${PROGDOCS}