diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dd534f1fa..508941bc3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2010-05-03 Pierre Willenbrock <pierre@pirsoft.dnsalias.org>
+	* Change status of CanoScan LiDE 40 from untested to good
+
 2010-04-27 m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail dot com>
 	* po/Makefile.in: include POTFILES and LINGUAS in DIST
 	* doc/releases.txt: more git notes
diff --git a/doc/descriptions/genesys.desc b/doc/descriptions/genesys.desc
index 35b6b7570..e51331766 100644
--- a/doc/descriptions/genesys.desc
+++ b/doc/descriptions/genesys.desc
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
 :model "CanoScan LiDE 40"
 :interface "USB"
 :usbid "0x04a9" "0x2213"
-:status :untested
-:comment "Same ids as LiDE 50. Please tell us if this scanner works."
+:status :good
+:comment "Same ids as LiDE 50."
 
 :model "CanoScan LiDE 50"
 :interface "USB"