diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 09861a9ab..6c63d5262 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 	* doc/descriptions/unsupported.desc: Added HP Scanjet 4890. Added
 	  several Optrox scanners.
+	* doc/descriptions-external/brother.desc: Marked status of
+	  MFC-9880 as "unsupported" based on a user's report.
 
 2005-11-13  Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>
 
diff --git a/doc/descriptions-external/brother.desc b/doc/descriptions-external/brother.desc
index 56ceeb7fc..41cd34d54 100644
--- a/doc/descriptions-external/brother.desc
+++ b/doc/descriptions-external/brother.desc
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@
 :comment "No report yet."
 
 :model "MFC-9880"
-:status :untested
+:status :unsupported
 :interface "USB"
 ;:url ""  ; model's URL
-:comment "No report yet."
+:comment "There is a report that this scanner does not work with the brother backend (I/O errors)"