diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS
index cbeacccd9..6475788d9 100644
--- a/BUGS
+++ b/BUGS
@@ -57,5 +57,12 @@ Caps are added only to the last subpath in a complex path.
 --
 
 ref_counts will go negative if destroy is called with ref_count ==
-0. We noticed this is cairo_surface.c but it likely happens in several
+0. We noticed this in cairo_surface.c but it likely happens in several
 places.
+
+--
+
+Patterns are broken in various ways. The SVG test case demonstrates
+some regressions, so something has changed in cairo. Also,
+transformation plus repeat doesn't work in either Xrender or
+libpixman, (nor in glitz?).
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index e4dd69d37..2121768d2 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ problems with stroking self-intersecting paths.
 * Implement cairo_stroke_path, (very easy to do after the above change
 is done).
 
+* Re-work the backend clipping interface to use geometry rather than
+images.
+
 * Fix the intersection problem, (see reference to Hobby's paper
 mentioned in cairo_traps.c).