diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 52be58baa..a73a651fd 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ Version 1.6.0beta25 [June 16, 2012]
 Version 1.6.0beta26 [June 25, 2012]
   Removed scripts/makefile.cegcc from the *.zip and *.7z distributions; it
     depends on configure, which is not included in those archives.
+  Moved scripts/chkfmt to contrib/tools.
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 43d926096..45af1cb33 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4147,6 +4147,7 @@ Version 1.6.0beta25 [June 16, 2012]
 Version 1.6.0beta26 [June 25, 2012]
   Removed scripts/makefile.cegcc from the *.zip and *.7z distributions; it
     depends on configure, which is not included in those archives.
+  Moved scripts/chkfmt to contrib/tools.
 
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diff --git a/scripts/chkfmt b/contrib/tools/chkfmt
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/chkfmt
rename to contrib/tools/chkfmt